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

23880	When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war [Weil]
	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.
	From: Simone Weil (Is There a Marxist Doctrine? [1943], 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'.