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MEMBERSHIP OF THE POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION IS ALMOST SIY HUNDRED IN BRITISH UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS. THIS GROUP IS CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY, FRENCH, GERMAN AND AMERICAN POLITICS. THERE ARE CONTACTS WITH THE EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM FOR POLITCAL RESEARCH AND THE POLITICS ASSOCIATION.

Intro -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: The Doctrine -- 1. Toward Understanding the Principle of Double Effect -- PART II: In Defense of the Doctrine -- 2. Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Double Effect -- 3. Agent-Relative Morality -- 4. Medalist's Address: Action, Intention, and 'Double Effect' -- 5. Morality, Action, and Outcome -- PART III: In Opposition to the Doctrine -- 6. Foreseen Side Effects versus Intended Consequences -- 7. The Doctrine of Double Effect: Problems of Interpretation -- 8. The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect -- 9. Four Versions of Double Effect -- PART IV: Discussion -- 10. Quinn on Double Effect: The Problem of "Closeness -- 11. The Importance of the Proportionality Condition to the Doctrine of Double Effect: A Response to Fischer, Ravizza, and Copp -- 12. Affirmative Action and the Doctrine of Double Effect -- 13. The Doctrine of Double Effect and Affirmative Action -- 14. Affirmative Action Revisited: A Response to Professor Jordan -- PART V: Applications -- 15. War and Murder -- 16. Double Effect -- 17. Suicide and Self-Sacrifice -- 18. Nuclear Power, Challenging Non-Utilitarian Ethics -- 19. Morphine Use for Terminal Cancer Patients: An Application of the Principle of Double Effect -- Index of Names -- Index of Cases.

Woodward reviews 'Frontiersmen: Warfare in Africa since 1950' by Anthony Clayton and 'Civil Wars in Africa: Roots and resolution' edited by Taisier M. Ali and Robert O. Mathews.