Just and unjust warriors : the moral and legal status of soldiers / [edited by] David Rodin and Henry Shue.

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Publication details:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Record id:
76141
Subject:
War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Terrorism -- Moral and ethical aspects.
War (International law)
Aggression (International law)
Soldiers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Contents:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Intoduction
The morality of war and the law of war
The moral inequality of soldiers : why jus bello asymmetry is half right
Fearful symmetry
Do we need a morality of war?
How to judge soldiers whose cause is unjust
Moral equality, victimhood, and the sovereignty symmetry problem
The status of combatants
Is the independent application of jus in bello the way to limit war?
Just war and regular war : competing paradigms
A presumption of the moral equality of combatants : a citizen-soldier's perspective
The principle of equal application of the laws of war.
Note:
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199593231
Phys. description:
ix, 261 p. ; 24 cm