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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war

[ethics of how wars are fought]

14 ideas
Our obedience to the king erases any crimes we commit for him [Shakespeare]
It is permissible in a just cause to capture a place in neutral territory [Grotius]
War gives no right to inflict more destruction than is necessary for victory [Rousseau]
When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war [Weil]
If an aggression is unjust, the constraints on how it is fought are much stricter [Rawls]
Jus ad bellum and Jus in bello are independent; unjust wars can be fought in a just way [Walzer]
For moral reasons, a just war must be a limited war [Walzer]
Napoleon said 'I don't care about the deaths of a million men' [Walzer]
Proportionality in fighting can't be judged independently of the justice of each side [McMahan]
Can an army start an unjust war, and then fight justly to defend their own civilians? [McMahan]
Soldiers cannot freely fight in unjust wars, just because they behave well when fighting [McMahan]
The law of war differs from criminal law; attacking just combatants is immoral, but legal [McMahan]
If the unjust combatants are morally excused they are innocent, so how can they be killed? [McMahan]
During wars: proportional force, fair targets, fair weapons, safe prisoners, no reprisals [Tuckness/Wolf]