Henry Shue Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	21st-century philosophy
Henry Shue
Birth Date:	1940 3, mf=yes^[1]
School Tradition:	Analytic
Institutions:	Merton College
Main Interests:	political philosophy, moral philosophy
Doctoral Students:	Seth Lazar

Henry Greyson Shue (born March 24, 1940) is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Politics and International Relations at Merton College of Oxford University. Previously he was Wyn and William Y Hutchinson Professor of Ethics & Public Life at Cornell University. Shue is best known for his book, .^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Books

• Basic Rights (Princeton 1980; 2nd edition, 1996)
• Climate Justice: Vulnerability and Protection
• Fighting Hurt: Rule and Exception in Torture and War
• The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right Now. Princeton University Press, 2021.

Edited books

• Preemption: Military Action and Moral Justification, co-edited with David Rodin, Oxford University Press, 2010,
• Nuclear Deterrence and Moral Restraint: Critical Choices for American Strategy (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy)
• Climate Ethics: Essential Readings
• The American Way of Bombing: Changing Ethical and Legal Norms, from Flying Fortresses to Drones
• Just and Unjust Warriors: The Moral and Legal Status of Soldiers
• Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy (co-edited with Ravi Kanbur). Oxford University Press, 2019.
• The Border That Joins: Mexican Migrants & U. S. Responsibility (Maryland Studies in Public Philosophy)

See also

• Preventive war
• Preemptive war
  • distributive justice international normative theory

External links

• Henry Shue at Oxford

Notes and References

1. Book: Levens. R.G.C.. Merton College Register 1900–1964. 1964. Basil Blackwell. Oxford. 535.
2. Payne . Michael . Henry Shue on Basic Rights . . June 2008 . 9 . 2 . 220–227 . 10.5840/eip2008923 . 21 August 2018 . 3 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210307/https://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1317&context=eip . dead .
3. Kiper . Jordan . Henry Shue on Basic Rights: A Defense . . 2 April 2011 . 12 . 4 . 505–514 . 10.1007/s12142-011-0197-8 . 144805723 . en . 1524-8879.
4. Wellman . Carl . Review of Basic Rights . . 1981 . 3 . 3 . 144–147 . 10.2307/761904 . 761904 . 219034937 .
5. Ashford . Elizabeth . In What Sense Is the Right to Subsistence a Basic Right? . . December 2009 . 40 . 4 . 488–503 . 10.1111/j.1467-9833.2009.01467.x . en . 0047-2786.