War and Moral Responsibility : : A Philosophy and Public Affairs Reader / / ed. by Marshall Cohen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Brandt, R. B.,; Hare, R. M.,; Levinson, Sanford,; Malament, David,; Nacel, Thomas,; Walzer, Michael,; Wasserstrom, Richard,
• HerausgeberIn: Cohen, Marshall,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; PART I War and Moral Responsibility --; War and Massacre --; Utilitarianism and the Rules of War --; Rules of War and Moral Reasoning --; Political Action: The Problem of Dirty Hands --; PART II War and Moral Responsibility --; World War II: Why Was This War Different? --; Responsibility for Crimes of War --; The Relevance of Nuremberg --; Selective Conscientious Objection and the Gillette Decision --; The Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691238234; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691238234?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Marshall Cohen.

This remarkably rich collection of articles focuses on moral questions about war. The essays, originally published in Philosophy & Public Affairs, cover a wide range of topics from several points of view by writers from the fields of political science, philosophy, and law. The discussion of war and moral responsibility falls into three general categories: problems of political and military choice, problems about the relation of an individual to the actions of his government, and more abstract ethical questions as well. The first category includes questions about the ethical and legal aspects of war crimes and the laws of war; about the source of moral restrictions on military methods or goals; and about differences in suitability of conduct which may depend on differences in the nature of the opponent. The second category includes questions about the conditions for responsibility of individual soldiers and civilian officials for war crimes, and about the proper attitude of a government toward potential conscripts who reject its military policies. The third category includes disputes between absolutist, deontological, and utilitarian ethical theories, and deals with questions about the existence of insoluble moral dilemmas.