TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Deontological distinction in war
JO  - Ethics
A1  - Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler
SP  - 603
EP  - 624
VL  - 129
IS  - 4
N2  - Adil Ahmad Haque argues that before attacking, combatants must reasonably believe that the target is a combatant and the gains must be sufficiently great so as to be in compliance with the doing/allowing distinction. I reformulate the threshold as preponderance of the evidence, because (1) reliance on beliefs raises conceptual and pragmatic problems, and (2) this balance appropriately considers the values that should be traded off, while bracketing aggregation of persons. I further argue that including doing/allowing above the threshold is impermissible double-counting, and even if not, it is entitled to little weight when combatants owe each other associative duties.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0014-1704
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/702974
ID  - ref1
ER  -