caa a22 4500 445359390 CHVBK 20180317142910.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10892-010-9077-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10892-010-9077-8 Primoratz Igor Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, LPO Box 8260, 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia aut Civilian Immunity, Supreme Emergency, and Moral Disaster [Elektronische Daten] [Igor Primoratz] Any plausible position in the ethics of war and political violence in general will include the requirement of protection of civilians (non-combatants, common citizens) against lethal violence. This requirement is particularly prominent, and particularly strong, in just war theory. Some adherents of the theory see civilian immunity as absolute, not to be overridden in any circumstances whatsoever. Others allow that it may be overridden, but only in extremis. The latter position has been advanced by Michael Walzer under the heading of "supreme emergency.” In this paper, I look into some of the issues of interpretation and application of Walzer's "supreme emergency” view and some of the criticisms that have been levelled against it. I argue that Walzer's view is vague and unacceptable as it stands, but that the alternatives proposed by critics such as Brian Orend, C.A.J. Coady, and Stephen Nathanson are also unattractive. I go on to construct a position that is structurally similar to Walzer's, but more specific and much less permissive, which I term the "moral disaster” view. According to this view, deliberate killing of civilians is almost absolutely wrong. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Civilian immunity nationallicence "Dirty hands” problem nationallicence Just war theory nationallicence Moral disaster nationallicence Non-combatant immunity nationallicence Walzer, Michael nationallicence Supreme emergency nationallicence War nationallicence The Journal of Ethics Springer Netherlands 15/4(2011-12-01), 371-386 1382-4554 15:4<371 2011 15 10892 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-010-9077-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-010-9077-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Primoratz Igor Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University, LPO Box 8260, 2601, Canberra, ACT, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Ethics Springer Netherlands 15/4(2011-12-01), 371-386 1382-4554 15:4<371 2011 15 10892 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer