Democratic Duty and the Moral Dilemmas of Soldiers  

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Ryan, Cheyney

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethics: An International Journal of Social Political and Legal Philosophy vol. 122 no. 1 (Oct. 2011), page 10-42.
Topik: Personal Responsibility; Soldiers; Wars; Institutional Justifications; Democratic Duty

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE44.33 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This article explores the personal responsibility of soldiers for fighting in unjust wars. Its reference point is the position developed by Jeff McMahan in his recent Killing in War. I claim that McMahan fails to give sufficient importance to institutional justifications on this matter. I argue for this by developing what I call the argument to democratic duty, which I claim embodies much current thinking about the obligations of soldiers in a democratic culture. The upshot of my argument is that soldiers are placed in a contradictory position, between personal and institutional obligations. This is one sense in which soldiers can be victimized by the institution of war itself.

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