Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'poems', 'Consilience' and 'On the Law of War'

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6 ideas

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people

20662

The biology of societies: kin selection, parenting, mating; status, territory, contracts [Wilson,EO]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars

23601

Leaders can only attack foreigners who have done wrong (as with their own subjects) [Vitoria]

23569

The only just cause for a war is a wrong received [Vitoria]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / c. Combatants

23566

Princes should not justify a war to their subjects, and doing so would undermine the state [Vitoria]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / d. Non-combatants

23576

Sacking a city is lawful if it motivates the attacking troops [Vitoria]