If tyrants and liberators alike can rally their troops by invoking the theory of just war, can the theory be all that good? If a soldier’s primary duty is to follow orders, is he any less responsible for his conduct?
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Laurie L. Calhoun is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and Advisory Editor of Transition: An International Review.
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| Other Independent Review articles by Laurie L. Calhoun | ||
| Fall 2011 | The Silencing of Soldiers | |
| Winter 2010/11 | Political Philosophers on War: Arguments inside the “Just War” Box | |
| Winter 2005/06 | Michael Walzer on Just War Theory’s “Critical Edge”: More Like a Spoon Than a Knife | |
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