The Moral Equality of Combatants

Barry, Christian; Christie, Lars

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“…6 For a closer look at the revisionist critique of the moral equality of combatants see McMahan's (2009) Killing in War. For a summary of the wider debate see the article by Barry and Christie (2018) as well as chapter six in Frowe's (2016) The Ethics of War and Peace. 7 In his work (2006b; 2007; 2016) that deals with the confrontation with terrorism Walzer puts forward a nuanced view in which he manoeuvres between theorists who argue for either the exclusive application of the law enforcement paradigm or the war convention.…”

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The historical approach and the ‘war of ethics within the ethics of war’

Braun

2018

Journal of International Political Theory

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The Historical Approach and the 'War of Ethics within the Ethics of War' Christian Nikolaus Braun Contemporary just war thinking has mostly been split into two competing camps, namely Michael Walzer's approach and its revisionist critics. While Walzerians employ a casuistical method, most revisionists resort to analytical philosophy's reflective equilibrium. Importantly, besides employing different methods the two sides also disagree on substantive issues. This article focuses on one such issue, the moral equality of combatants, arguing that while a methodological reconciliation between the two camps is impossible contemporary debate would benefit from a 'third-way' approach. Presenting James Turner Johnson's historical method as such an approach the article suggests that while revisionists are correct in considering the symmetry thesis as ethically indefensible, in order to arrive at this judgement, it is not necessary to employ far-fetched thought experiments and the use of historical cases is preferable. The root cause of Walzer's problematic reasoning vis-à-vis the symmetry thesis, the historical approach reveals, is his uneasy relationship with the just war tradition. Contributing to a deeper understanding of the respective approaches' differences the article seeks to move the focus of contemporary just war away from a narrow intra-disciplinary divide and toward an engagement with substantive questions.

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“… 6. For a closer look at the revisionist critique of the moral equality of combatants, see McMahan’s (2009) Killing in War . For a summary of the wider debate, see the article by Barry and Christie (2018) as well as chapter 6 in Frowe’s (2016) The Ethics of War and Peace . …”

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The historical approach and the ‘war of ethics within the ethics of war’

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2018

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Rodin

2023

The Individualization of War

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The Introduction to this volume elucidates our novel concept of individualization and analyses the tensions it creates for actors engaged in contemporary armed conflict. We define individualization as a process in which individuals (both as agents and as subjects) increase in importance compared with collective entities for the purposes of explaining and normatively assessing the causes, conduct, and consequences of war, and outline three ways—or ‘domains’—in which individuals are implicated in armed conflict: (1) as subject to violence but deserving of protection (given their individual right to life); (2) as liable to harm because of their responsibility for attacks on or threats posed to others; and (3) as agents who can be held accountable for the perpetration of crimes committed in the course of war. We then discuss the normative and practical challenges created by the individualization of war, as well as tensions that cut across the three domains. The following sections outline a set of strategies that actors have used (and could use) to resolve or manage these tensions, including efforts to reconcile seemingly competing imperatives and various forms of institutional adaptation, as well as the different ways in which individualization is being contested in contemporary contexts of armed conflict. We conclude by providing an overview of the subsequent chapters, in which international lawyers, philosophers, and political scientists further engage with the potential and limitations of the individualization of war.

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