Download or read book Non-lethal Weapons as Legitimising Forces? written by Brian Rappert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.