ABSTRACT
As mankind finds ever more impious ways to kill and maim, some look to non-lethal weapons as a fix. Brian Rappert discusses the technologies involved and the ethics of, for example blinding someone with a laser, leaving them blind forever, versus killing them outright.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|12 pages
Introduction
part I|74 pages
Claims and Expectations
chapter 2|19 pages
What's in a Name?
chapter 3|26 pages
Tools of the Trade
chapter 4|26 pages
Threats and Promises
part II|81 pages
Technologies, Contexts and Controls
chapter 5|31 pages
Weapons of Minimal Harm?: Assessing Effects
chapter 6|25 pages
On to the Streets: Examining Major Deployments of Non-Lethals
chapter 7|24 pages
Controlling Evaluations: The Prospects for Prohibitions
part III|104 pages
Case Studies
