Public War and the Moral Equality of Combatants

Parsons, Graham

doi:10.1080/15027570.2012.758403

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“…In a recent issue of this journal (Parsons 2012b), I argue that the traditional just war theory conceives of just war as public war and that this understanding of war entails the possibility of the moral equality of combatants. I argue that recent critics of the moral equality of combatants are committed to the rejection of public war and the reduction of just war to private war.…”

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What is the Classical Theory of Just Cause? a Response to Reichberg

Parsons

2013

Journal of Military Ethics

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What is the Classical Theory of Just Cause? a Response to Reichberg

Parsons

2013

Journal of Military Ethics

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Just War Theory, Legitimate Authority, and Irregular Belligerency

Parry

2015

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Collective Complicity in War Crimes. Some Remarks on the Principle of Moral Equality of Soldiers

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2020

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The article critically analyzes one of the central assumptions of Michael Walzer’s version of just war theory, as presented in his main work devoted to war ethics. As requested by the author of Just and Unjust Wars, the controversial nature of the principle of the moral equality of soldiers is revealed by discussing the actual course of events of a historical military conflict – namely, the outbreak of World War II, one of the main issues dealt with in Walzer’s book. The exclusion of individual responsibility of people involved in a military operation which finds no moral justification seems to entail a number of consequences that put a heavy burden on Walzer’s overall model of military ethics. In order to ensure the necessary level of coherence of just war theory one may need to modify Walzer’s principle of the moral equality of soldiers – at least in relation to the participants of total war.

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Public War and the Moral Equality of Combatants

Cited by 36 publications

References 12 publications

What is the Classical Theory of Just Cause? a Response to Reichberg

What is the Classical Theory of Just Cause? a Response to Reichberg

Just War Theory, Legitimate Authority, and Irregular Belligerency

Collective Complicity in War Crimes. Some Remarks on the Principle of Moral Equality of Soldiers

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