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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
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A person or state may be attacked if they are responsible for an unjustified threat [McMahan]
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You (e.g. a police officer) are not liable to attack just because you pose a threat [McMahan]
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23594
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Wars can be unjust, despite a just cause, if they are unnecessary or excessive or of mixed cause [McMahan]
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23597
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Just war theory says all and only persons posing a threat are liable to attack [McMahan]
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23595
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The worst unjustified wars have no aim at all [McMahan]
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23619
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A defensive war is unjust, if it is responding to a just war [McMahan]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war
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War gives no right to inflict more destruction than is necessary for victory [Rousseau]
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Proportionality in fighting can't be judged independently of the justice of each side [McMahan]
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Can an army start an unjust war, and then fight justly to defend their own civilians? [McMahan]
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23611
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Soldiers cannot freely fight in unjust wars, just because they behave well when fighting [McMahan]
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The law of war differs from criminal law; attacking just combatants is immoral, but legal [McMahan]
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If the unjust combatants are morally excused they are innocent, so how can they be killed? [McMahan]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / c. Combatants
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Wars are between States, not people, and the individuals are enemies by accident [Rousseau]
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You don't become a legitimate target, just because you violently resist an unjust attack [McMahan]
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23596
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If all combatants are seen as morally equal, that facilitates starting unjust wars [McMahan]
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23604
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Volunteer soldiers accept the risk of attack, but they don't agree to it, or to their deaths [McMahan]
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23608
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If being part of a big collective relieves soldiers of moral responsibility, why not the leaders too? [McMahan]
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23610
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If soldiers can't refuse to fight in unjust wars, can they choose to fight in just wars? [McMahan]
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Equality is both sides have permission, or both sides are justified, or one justified the other permitted [McMahan]
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23615
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Fighting unjustly under duress does not justify it, or permit it, but it may excuse it [McMahan]
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23605
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Soldiers cannot know enough facts to evaluate the justice of their war [McMahan]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / d. Non-combatants
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23602
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Innocence implies not being morally responsible, rather than merely being guiltless [McMahan]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / e. Peace
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23618
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Unconditional surrender can't be demanded, since evil losers still have legitimate conditions [McMahan]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society
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19850
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By separating theological and political systems, Jesus caused divisions in the state [Rousseau]
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19852
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Civil religion needs one supreme god, an afterlife, justice, and the sanctity of the social contract [Rousseau]
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19853
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All religions should be tolerated, if they tolerate each other, and support citizenship [Rousseau]
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19851
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Every society has a religion as its base [Rousseau]
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 4. Taxation
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19836
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The amount of taxation doesn't matter, if it quickly circulates back to the citizens [Rousseau]
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