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moral equality of combatants: a standalone construct

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moral equalityof combatants1 CONSTRUCTMoral equality ofMCMAHAN · POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

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Political philosophy

the traditional view that soldiers on both sides have the same rights in war, rejected here because those fighting unjust wars lack justification.

In political philosophy, moral equality of combatants refers to the traditional view that soldiers on both sides have the same rights in war, rejected here because those fighting unjust wars lack justification. This meaning comes from McMahan (2004) in Ethics.[1]

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  1. McMahan, J. (2004). The Ethics of Killing in War. Ethics, 114(4), 693-733. https://doi.org/10.1086/422400

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