The Morality of Defensive War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10691150 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thula Simpson (0000-0002-5992-3948, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Thomas Simpson (0000-0002-9175-8874) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 260 |
| Pages | 590-593 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqu089 |
| OpenAlex | W2110872416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
I recall vividly a moment from pre-deployment training before a tour of Northern Ireland. A lawyer had been briefing us on the rules of engagement. We were going under Card A, which states that ‘You may only open fire against a person if he/she is committing or about to commit an act likely to endanger life and there is no other way to prevent the danger’. A corporal, already decorated with a Military Cross from an early tour of Afghanistan, said what the remaining 200 Royal Marines were thinking: ‘So what you're saying is, we're walking Figure 11s?’ His question was precise. The Figure 11 is the man-size target used by the British military on rifle ranges. Our role, it seemed, was to walk around waiting to get shot at. Only then, and for the merest window while under direct threat, could we legally take the forcible measures that soldiers train for. This was nothing like the usual notion of war.
Cognitive psychology · Commit · Epistemology · Morality · Nothing · Political science · Recall · Shot (pellet) · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |