Strawser examines several possible ethical justifications for the killing of Osama bin Laden and finds nearly all of them wanting. One, however, he argues is sound: that bin Laden was liable to be killed as a necessary and proportionate act of defensive harm on behalf of innocent people.

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Dr. Bradley J. Strawser is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Naval Postgraduate School, USA, and Research Associate with Oxford University's Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict. He recently published Opposing Perspectives on the Drone Debate, a point-counterpoint style book on the ethics of drones.

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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Liability to Defensive Harm 2. The Case of UBL 3. Possible Moral Justifications 4. UBL's Liability to be Killed 5. Objection: Defensive Killing or Execution? 6. Sovereignty Issues and Precedent Setting Problems 7. The Celebration of a Liable Person's Death? Bibliography