Legítima defensa y elección del medio menos lesivo

  1. Juan Sebastián Vera S 1
  1. 1 Universidad Austral de Chile
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    Universidad Austral de Chile

    Valdivia, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/029ycp228

Journal:
Ius et Praxis

ISSN: 0717-2877,  0718-0012

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 25

Issue: 2

Pages: 261-298

Type: Article

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Abstract

Self defense justifies actions if the defense has been rational and necessary. One of the criteria applied to value the action, is that the defender should use only the minimum force required to achieve the defensive goal. Thus, the defender should choose the less damaging mean from all the available options to defend himself (lesser evil). This paper attempts to give reasons to argue that the criterion of “minimum force” is defeatable, is a bad generalization about defensive actions and it is contrary to the criterion “ought implies can”. I will back up these statements using empirical research from Neurobiology and Psychology.

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