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- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright
- © Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
- ISBN
- 978-1-349-43727-6
- Pages
- 177 –207
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137018953_7
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
[Very often, the judgment of wars conforms to the most traditional ethics, in which the judgment of an action depends on the intention guiding it. Self-defense, the just cause, and right intention—these are the elements most at issue. The second aspect of thinking on just wars reflects another concern: the priority to be accorded to an assessment of the consequences of individual acts or collective decisions. It is outcomes that count and the decision that produces them is subjected to scrutiny, while individuals’ capacities for action and foresight are assessed, together with the performance of the institutions in which they play a part. Transgressing the rules of distinction and proportionality is what characterizes a bad decision, and political and military errors are seen as moral failings. The individual is judged responsible for his acts and thus perceived, a priori, as master of his existence, of the meaning he accords to it and of the fate of those he includes in his world—that universe whose borders he is rearranging.]
Published: Nov 9, 2015
Keywords: United Nations; Terrorist Attack; Arab World; Moral Authority; Moral Luck