Killing for culture
This chapter examines the moral permissibility of resorting to military action for the sake of protecting cultural heritage when such military action may inflict serious harm on humans. The chapter argues that the permissibility of inflicting harm on non-culpable civilians to protect cultural herita...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Heritage and war / edited by William Bülow, Helen Frowe, Derek Matravers, and Joshua Lewis Thomas |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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2023
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | This chapter examines the moral permissibility of resorting to military action for the sake of protecting cultural heritage when such military action may inflict serious harm on humans. The chapter argues that the permissibility of inflicting harm on non-culpable civilians to protect cultural heritage, may be grounded on the moral permissibility of resorting to military action to prevent cultural cleansing, which can be seen as a form of ethnic cleansing. The chapter also argues that exposing combatants to serious harm, when engaged in the military effort to protect cultural heritage, may be grounded in the role-based duty these forces have to protect the rights of the citizens on whose behalf they act. It is more difficult, on the other hand, to justify exposing the intervening combatants to the risk of serious harm for the sake of protecting citizens of other countries from cultural cleansing. |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-19-286264-8 |