Just and Unjust Warriors : The Moral and Legal Status of Soldiers.

By: Rodin, DavidContributor(s): Shue, HenryMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (272 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191552731Subject(s): Aggression (International law) | Soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc | Terrorism -- Moral and ethical aspects | War -- Moral and ethical aspects | War (International law) | WarGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Just and Unjust Warriors : The Moral and Legal Status of SoldiersDDC classification: 172/.42 LOC classification: JZ6385.J87 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Morality of War and the Law of War -- 3. The Moral Inequality of Soldiers: Why jus in bello Asymmetry is Half Right -- 4. Fearful Symmetry -- 5. Do We Need a 'Morality of War'? -- 6. How to Judge Soldiers Whose Cause is Unjust -- 7. Moral Equality, Victimhood, and the Sovereignty Symmetry Problem -- 8. The Status of Combatants -- 9. Is the Independent Application of jus in bello the Way to Limit War? -- 10. Just War and Regular War: Competing Paradigms -- 11. A Presumption of the Moral Equality of Combatants: A Citizen-Soldier's Perspective -- 12. The Principle of Equal Application of the Laws of War -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Can a soldier be held responsible for fighting in a war that is illegal or unjust? The chapters in the book both challenge and defend many deeply held assumptions: about the liability of soldiers for crimes of aggression, about the nature and justifiability of terrorism, about the relationship between law and morality.
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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Morality of War and the Law of War -- 3. The Moral Inequality of Soldiers: Why jus in bello Asymmetry is Half Right -- 4. Fearful Symmetry -- 5. Do We Need a 'Morality of War'? -- 6. How to Judge Soldiers Whose Cause is Unjust -- 7. Moral Equality, Victimhood, and the Sovereignty Symmetry Problem -- 8. The Status of Combatants -- 9. Is the Independent Application of jus in bello the Way to Limit War? -- 10. Just War and Regular War: Competing Paradigms -- 11. A Presumption of the Moral Equality of Combatants: A Citizen-Soldier's Perspective -- 12. The Principle of Equal Application of the Laws of War -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Can a soldier be held responsible for fighting in a war that is illegal or unjust? The chapters in the book both challenge and defend many deeply held assumptions: about the liability of soldiers for crimes of aggression, about the nature and justifiability of terrorism, about the relationship between law and morality.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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