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Soldiers, self-defense, and killing in war
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Soldiers, self-defense, and killing in war

Author: Peter Kilner
Publisher: [Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1998]
Edition/Format: Downloadable computer file : Document : Thesis/dissertation : State or province government publication : English
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Author's abstract: Just-Warists and War-Pacifists disagree on whether soldiers are morally justified in killing each other in wartime combat. Many of their respective arguments, and their contradictory conclusions, are based upon principles of self-defense. In this thesis, I examine the role that principles of self-defense play in the arguments surrounding the moral justification of killing in combat. I do so by crit Read more...

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Material Type: Document, Thesis/dissertation, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Kilner
OCLC Number: 39267246
Notes: Title from electronic submission form. Vita. Abstract.
Details: System requirements: PC, World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Available electronically via Internet.
Responsibility: Peter Kilner.

Abstract:

Author's abstract: Just-Warists and War-Pacifists disagree on whether soldiers are morally justified in killing each other in wartime combat. Many of their respective arguments, and their contradictory conclusions, are based upon principles of self-defense. In this thesis, I examine the role that principles of self-defense play in the arguments surrounding the moral justification of killing in combat. I do so by critiquing both a Just-Warist argument that relies on self-defense (constructed from the works of Michael Walzer and Judith Jarvis Thomson) and a War-Pacifist argument (developed by Richard Norman) that condemns killing in combat based on the moral requirements of self-defense. I demonstrate that both arguments fail due to their mistaken assumptions that soldiers are not morally responsible for their actions. I conclude by arguing that--once soldiers are recognized as morally responsible agents--killing in combat can be morally justified by principles of self-defense.

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