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Single Idea 23880
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war
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Full Idea
At the time when war was a profession, fighting men had a morality whereby any act of war, in accordance with the customs of war, and contributing to victory, was legitimate and right.
Gist of Idea
When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war
Source
Simone Weil (Is There a Marxist Doctrine? [1943], p.173)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.173
A Reaction
Note the caveat about 'customs', which were largely moral. See the discussion of killing the non-combatant prisoners in Shakespeare's 'Henry V'.
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[ethics of how wars are fought]:
23565
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Our obedience to the king erases any crimes we commit for him
[Shakespeare]
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23585
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It is permissible in a just cause to capture a place in neutral territory
[Grotius]
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7236
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War gives no right to inflict more destruction than is necessary for victory
[Rousseau]
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23880
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When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war
[Weil]
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23583
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If an aggression is unjust, the constraints on how it is fought are much stricter
[Rawls]
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23593
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Jus ad bellum and Jus in bello are independent; unjust wars can be fought in a just way
[Walzer]
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23573
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For moral reasons, a just war must be a limited war
[Walzer]
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23577
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Napoleon said 'I don't care about the deaths of a million men'
[Walzer]
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23600
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Proportionality in fighting can't be judged independently of the justice of each side
[McMahan]
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23603
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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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23612
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The law of war differs from criminal law; attacking just combatants is immoral, but legal
[McMahan]
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23617
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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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20616
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During wars: proportional force, fair targets, fair weapons, safe prisoners, no reprisals
[Tuckness/Wolf]
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