Killing in War

A highly controversial challenge to the consensus about responsibility in war, arguing that if the leaders are in the wrong, so are the soldiers.

Jeff McMahan is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He works primarily in ethics and political philosophy, and occasionally in metaphysics and legal theory.

- 1: The Morality of Participation in an Unjust War - 2: Arguments for the Moral Equality of Combatants - 3: Excuses - 4: Liability and the Limits of Self-Defense - 5: Civilian Immunity and Civilian Liability