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Morality of War - Coggle Diagram
Morality of War
Revisionist
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Combatants fighting cannot do anything right, besides laying down weapons
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Traditionalist
States are permitted to enter war for 1. National defence 2. Defence of other states 3. Intervention to avert “crimes that shock the moral conscience of mankind”
Civilians shouldn’t be targeted, but combatants are morally permitted to target one another, even when doing so foreseeable harms some civilians
Pacifist
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Contrary- Direct casualties from the Second World War numbered over 60 million, about 3 per cent of the world’s population
Just War Theory
Seeks a middle ground – justify some wars, but also limits them
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