The moral status of combatants : a new theory of just war /

This book develops a new contractualist foundation for just war theory, which defends the traditional view of the moral equality of combatants and associated egalitarian moral norms. Traditionally it has been viewed that combatants on both sides of a war have the same right to fight, irrespective of...

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Main Author: Skerker, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.
Series:War, conflict and ethics.
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