Proportionality in the Ethics of War: On a Duty to Minimise the Total Number of Armed Conflicts’ Casualties
Tomasz ŻURADZKI
Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, ul. Grodzka 52, 31-044 Cracow, Poland , PolandAbstract
There is less and less violence – in time of peace as well as during armed conflicts. In this article, through references to three real cases, I analyse whether the decision makers should always conduct military operations so as to minimize the total number of casualties. I demonstrate that neither international law nor moral judgements about the permissible use of force by individuals require conducting military operations in such a way.
Keywords:
just war, violence, casualties, the law of armed conflicts, the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the Gaza-Israel conflictŻURADZKI, T. (2020). Proporcjonalność w etyce wojny. O ograniczaniu całkowitej liczby ofiar konfliktów zbrojnych. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 27(2 (106). https://doi.org/10.12887/27-2014-2-106-15
Tomasz ŻURADZKI
Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, ul. Grodzka 52, 31-044 Cracow, Poland
Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, ul. Grodzka 52, 31-044 Cracow, Poland
