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Tadros, Victor (2018) The moral distinction between combatants and noncombatants : vulnerable and defenceless. Law and Philosophy, 37 (3). pp. 289-312. doi:10.1007/s10982-018-9327-7
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10982-018-9327-7
Abstract
In Sparing Civilians, Seth Lazar claims that in war, with rare exceptions, killing noncombatants is worse than killing combatants. This paper raises some doubts about whether this is an important principle – at least, once we understand Lazar’s clarifications. It also suggests that however it is clarified, it seems false. And it suggests a related principle that more plausible. This related principle applies only to those with just aims, and it applies only to intentional killing rather than to all forms of killing.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | K Law [Moys] > KC International Law | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Combatants and noncombatants (International law), War victims, Civilians in war, Civilian war casualties -- Moral and ethical aspects | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Law and Philosophy | ||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||
ISSN: | 0167-5249 | ||||||
Official Date: | June 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 37 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 289-312 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s10982-018-9327-7 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||
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