Killing non-combatants. Crimes against civilians during armed conflicts WSE-BWZ-ZN
According to the generally recognised theory of morally permissible methods of military engagement, soldiers fighting in war on behalf of their states are neither immunized nor implicated by the rightness or wrongness of the cause they represent. At the same time, all participants in combat operations, irrespective of the objective distribution of justified reasons for fighting between the parties to the conflict, are obliged to observe the rules defining the permissible methods of warfare, the so-called ius in bello. The most prominent among the latter is the rule prohibiting deliberate attacks on non-combatants. The lecture will analyse this rule and its contemporary justifications.
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Term 2022/23_Z:
According to the generally recognised theory of morally permissible methods of military engagement, soldiers fighting in war on behalf of their states are neither immunized nor implicated by the rightness or wrongness of the cause they represent. At the same time, all participants in combat operations, irrespective of the objective distribution of justified reasons for fighting between the parties to the conflict, are obliged to observe the rules defining the permissible methods of warfare, the so-called ius in bello. The most prominent among the latter is the rule prohibiting deliberate attacks on non-combatants. The lecture will analyse this rule and its contemporary justifications. |
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Preliminary Requirements
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Learning outcomes
Attitudes - the ability to make moral distinctions between acceptable and unacceptable methods of warfare
Competence - the ability to analyse issues related to armed conflict .
Knowledge - knowledge of the basic assumptions of just war theory in its historical and contemporary formulations with particular reference to the principle of protection of non-combatants
Assessment criteria
Assessment will be based on students' attendance at lectures and an oral answer to one of 8 questions on the topics discussed.
Bibliography
Michael Walzer, “Wojny sprawiedliwe i niesprawiedliwe” , PWN, 2010, (fragmenty)
Jeff MacMahan, "Etyka zabijania na wojnie".
Ludwik Ehrlich, "Pisma wybrane Pawła Włodkowica" , Vol.I – III, Instytut Wydawniczy PAX, Warszawa, 1968 (fragmenty).
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