Philosophy 2083F/G Chapter Notes -Moral Responsibility
6 Dec 2012
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Killing in war: a reply to walzer mcmahan. Michael walzer suggests that our common beliefs about individual responsibility and liability become largely irrelevant in the conduct of war. I believe that conditions of war change nothing at all; they simply make it more difficult to ascertain relevant facts. Laws of war cannot simply restate the principles of individual or intentional morality. I do not, accept collectivization at any level. No iraqi soldiers moral status or liability was determined by his membership in the republican guard or by his being a conscript. We should also conclude that if a just combatant uses force against unjust combatants that would be proportionate if they we all culpable. How we classify these acts is unimportant given that the knowledge required to act in the objectively right way is unavailable at the time of action.
