The Necessary but Insufficient Burdens of Self-Defense by Stephen Babb
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The debate world's head is exploding at the proposition of Affirmative debaters having to demonstrate that repeated domestic abuse meets the multiple conditions for qualification as "self-defense." For deadly force to be justified as self-defense, the conventional logic is that certain requirements must be met, namely: the threat must be imminent, and deadly force (as opposed to less deadly alternatives) must be necessary for someone to prevent serious harm from being inflicted.
The Necessary but Insufficient Burdens of Self-Defense by Stephen Babb
The Necessary but Insufficient Burdens of…
The Necessary but Insufficient Burdens of Self-Defense by Stephen Babb
The debate world's head is exploding at the proposition of Affirmative debaters having to demonstrate that repeated domestic abuse meets the multiple conditions for qualification as "self-defense." For deadly force to be justified as self-defense, the conventional logic is that certain requirements must be met, namely: the threat must be imminent, and deadly force (as opposed to less deadly alternatives) must be necessary for someone to prevent serious harm from being inflicted.