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The aim is to explore the complexity of preventive limiting proportionality in ethical contexts involving harm.

Violence in Proportion. P.Tomlin, 2025. Oxford, Oxford University Press. xi + 298 pp, £77 (hb)

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This exploration discusses complex puzzles around proportionality in defensive harm, suggesting implications for ethical considerations in conflict.

The aim is to explore the complexity of preventive limiting proportionality in ethical contexts involving harm.
Analysis of proportionality in various scenarios
Discussion of counterfactual baselines
Examination of puzzles related to ethical defense
Critical engagement with existing philosophical theories
Identified four key puzzles around proportionality and harm
Argued for the necessity of moralized baselines in assessing defensive actions
Demonstrated the complexity of determining proportionality in real-world situations
Highlighted the relationship between ethical theories and practical decision-making in defense.

Edmund Tweedy Flanigan (2026) studied this question.

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This exploration discusses complex puzzles around proportionality in defensive harm, suggesting implications for ethical considerations in conflict.