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Full Idea
It is permissible for one who is waging a just war to take possession of a place situated in a country free from hostilities.
Gist of Idea
It is permissible in a just cause to capture a place in neutral territory
Source
Hugo Grotius (On the Law of War and Peace [1625], II.ii.x), quoted by Michael Walzer - Just and Unjust Wars 15 n
Book Ref
Walzer,Michael: 'Just and Unjust Wars' [Penguin 1984], p.246
A Reaction
This rejects Combatant Equality, allowing the just to do what is morally forbidden to the unjust.
| 7404 | Nations are not obliged to help one-another, but are obliged not to harm one another [Grotius, by Tuck] |
| 7402 | Everyone has a right of self-preservation, and harming others is usually unjustifiable [Grotius, by Tuck] |
| 21938 | Democracy needs respect for individuality, but the 'community of friends' implies strict equality [Grotius] |
| 19845 | A person is free to renounce their state, as long as it is not a moment of crisis [Grotius, by Rousseau] |
| 22133 | Grotius and Pufendorf based natural law on real (rather than idealised) humanity [Grotius, by Ford,JD] |
| 7406 | A natural right of self-preservation is balanced by a natural law to avoid unnecessary harm [Grotius, by Tuck] |
| 7403 | Grotius ignored elaborate natural law theories, preferring a basic right of self-preservation [Grotius, by Tuck] |
| 6892 | Moral principles have some validity without a God commanding obedience [Grotius, by Mautner] |
| 23585 | It is permissible in a just cause to capture a place in neutral territory [Grotius] |