War, Reciprocity and the Moral Equality of Combatants

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作者
Miller, Seumas [1 ,2 ,3 ]
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[1] Charles Sturt Univ, Canberra, Australia
[2] Univ Oxford, Oxford, England
[3] Delft Univ Technol, Delft, Netherlands
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10.1007/s11406-023-00678-1
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B [哲学、宗教];
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01 ; 0101 ;
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In this article I address differences between myself and Uwe Steinhoff in relation to the moral principle of reciprocity and its implications for the doctrine of the moral equality of combatants. Whereas I agree with Steinhoff that there is a principle of reciprocity in play in war, contra Steinhoff, I suggest that this principle and, indeed, moral principles of reciprocity more generally, are particularist principles, although if conventionalised or given legal status they can assume a generalised form. Moreover, I also hold that there is a moral difference between those fighting a just war and those fighting an unjust war and this difference, taken in conjunction with the moral equality of combatants doctrine, generates a degree of moral complexity that seems to have gone unrecognised by Steinhoff (and, for that matter, by the two dominant schools of thought in this area, revisionists and Walzerians).
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页码:2337 / 2344
页数:8
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