PHIL 2429 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Harm Principle, Precautionary Principle
25 Dec 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Doctrine of double effects establish non-combatant immunity (nci) Tactical vs terror bomber: tactical bomber can see that they will kill innocent people, but they still bomb factor, terror bomber wants to end the factory but decides to bomb nearby hospital to intimidate them. Jj thompson criticizes dde: me(cid:374)tal states (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t. She says the problem with walzer is that terrorists can do the same thing. Mckeogh foreseeable harm principle: only genuine accidental killing by combatants is permissible: big worry this may lead to pacifism. Natha(cid:374)so(cid:374) says this (cid:449)orry does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter, (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) harm infrastructure and other harms but not people and not be pacifists. We can also narrow down this principle to specific operations in bello. Natha(cid:374)so(cid:374)"s alter(cid:374)ati(cid:448)e precautionary principle doing everything you can and doing careful examination/investigate of strategy. Reasons for thinking civilian lives are less important in hmis than troops lives: mcmahan beneficiary of intention should bare loss.
