The Moral Status of Combatants

A New Theory of Just War

Michael Skerker

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Routledge
29 January 2024

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Ethics & moral philosophy; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence

Series: War, Conflict and Ethics

This book develops a new contractualist foundation for just war theory, which defends the traditional view of the moral equality of combatants and associated egalitarian moral norms.

Traditionally it has been viewed that combatants on both sides of a war have the same right to fight, irrespective of the justice of their cause, and both sides must observe the same restrictions on the use of force, especially prohibitions on targeting noncombatants. Revisionist philosophers have argued that combatants on the unjust side of a war have no right to fight, that pro-war civilians on the unjust side might be targetable, and that lawful combatants on the unjust side might in principle be liable to prosecution for their participation on the unjust side. This book seeks to undercut the revisionist project and defend the traditional view of the moral equality of combatants. It does so by showing how revisionist philosophers fail to build a strong foundation for their arguments and misunderstand that there is a moral difference between collective military violence and a collection of individually unjustified violent actions. Finally, the book develops a theory defending the traditional view of military ethics based on a universal duty of all people to support just institutions.

This book will be of much interest to students of just war theory, ethics philosophy, and war studies.

By: Michael Skerker
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367521080
ISBN 10: 0367521083
Series: War, Conflict and Ethics
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Revisionist Just War Theory 1. Introduction: The Challenge of Revisionist Just War Theory 2. Reductive Individualists’ Theories of Liability Part II: The Foundations of the Moral Equality of Combatants 3. The Culpability Standard of Liability 4. Responsibility, Justification, and Liability in War Part III: The Moral Equality of Combatants 5. The Foundations of Military Norms 6. Military Norms 7. The Moral Equality of Combatants

Michael Skerker is an Associate Professor in the Leadership, Ethics, and Law Department at the US Naval Academy. The views in this book are the author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the US Naval Academy, the Department of the Navy, or any branch of the US Government.