War and Moral Responsibility

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Philosophy/Public Affairs
War and Moral Responsibility
This remarkably rich collection of articles focuses on moral questions about war. The essays, originally pub-lished in Philosophy Public Affairs, cover a wide range of topics from several points of view by writers from the fields of political science, philosophy, and law. The discussion of war and moral responsibility falls into three général catégories : problems of political and military choice, problems about the relation of an individual to the actions of his government, and more abstract ethical questions as well.
The first category includes questions about the ethical and légal aspects of war crimes and the laws of war; about the source of moral restrictions on military methods or goals; and about différences in suitability of conduct which may depend on différences in the nature of the opponent. The second category includes questions about the conditions for responsibility of individual soldiers and civilian... Tovább

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Philosophy/Public Affairs
War and Moral Responsibility
This remarkably rich collection of articles focuses on moral questions about war. The essays, originally pub-lished in Philosophy Public Affairs, cover a wide range of topics from several points of view by writers from the fields of political science, philosophy, and law. The discussion of war and moral responsibility falls into three général catégories : problems of political and military choice, problems about the relation of an individual to the actions of his government, and more abstract ethical questions as well.
The first category includes questions about the ethical and légal aspects of war crimes and the laws of war; about the source of moral restrictions on military methods or goals; and about différences in suitability of conduct which may depend on différences in the nature of the opponent. The second category includes questions about the conditions for responsibility of individual soldiers and civilian officials for war crimes, and about the proper attitude of a government toward potential conscripts who reject its military policies. The third category includes disputes between absolutist, deontological, and utilitarian ethical theories, and deals with questions about the existence of insoluble moral dilemmas.
Because of the unusual demand for reprints of various articles that originally appeared in the journal Philosophy & Public Affairs, Princeton University Press will from time to time issue original paperback éditions which bring together articles on a specific subject. Each of these éditions will be published as part of the regular program of Princeton Paperbacks and will be identified as "A Philosophy & Public Affairs Reader." This book is also available in cloth. Vissza