Author is lecturer in political science at the university of Waikato.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197) and index.
Introduction: The right and the good ; How absolute is the PNCI? ; Aims of this book -- Guilt and punitive war 1: Augustine's justification of war ; The 'Peace of God' -- Guilt and punitive war 2: Justification of war ; Simultaneous just cause ; The clerical ban ; The combatant ; Penance ; Conclusion: punitive war and non-combatant immunity -- Social roles and feudal war: Aquinas's justification of war ; Aquinas's other justification of war ; Simultaneous just cause ; The combatant ; Conscientious objection ; The clerical ban ; The non-combatant ; The principle of double effect ; The end of feudal war ; Conclusion: feudal war and non-combatant immunity -- Innocence and modern war: Isidore of Seville -- Vitoria's and Suarez's justification of war ; Conclusion: innocence and non-combatant immunity -- Non-combatancy and formal war: Grotius's and Vattel's justification of war ; Conclusion: formal war and non-combatant immunity -- Involvement and total war: the justification of total war ; Conclusion: total war and non-combatant immunity -- Conclusion: just and unjust killing.
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Publisher's description: This work explains why the concern to minimize civilian casualties is solidly based in Western civilization's most fundamental principles of justice. The author interprets Augustine's just war theory, Vitoria and Suarez's "transitional" model of war, and offers explanation for the modern characterization of the combatant as a depersonalized instrument.
Schuetz, Alb.
Fremder Feind
Combatants and noncombatants (International law)
War-- Moral and ethical aspects.
War-- Protection of civilians.
Combattants et non-combattants (Droit international)