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Examines the arguments of Judith Jarvis Thomson, who contends that self-defense justifies killing innocent threats but not innocent bystanders, even if the latter obstruct one's ability to flee from a lethal threat. Analysis of the justifications of the war ethic; Discussion on the moral force of noncombatant immunity; Elaboration on the unconditional condemnation of terrorism.

Argues for an alternative view of individual self-defense which doesn't condone elimination of blameless people. Undercutting of the attempt to justify the war ethic in terms of individual mortality; Alternative moral analysis of the war ethic; Compromise between individualist and collectivist views of human reality; Moral sanctions for defensive war and private self-defense; More.