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  2. Military theory - Wikipedia

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    Military theory is the study of the theories which define, inform, guide and explain war and warfare. Military Theory analyses both normative behavioral phenomena and explanatory causal aspects to better understand war and how it is fought. [ 1 ]

  3. Moral equality of combatants - Wikipedia

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    Opponents of MEC—sometimes grouped under the label of revisionist just war theory—nevertheless generally support the belligerent equality principle of IHL on pragmatic grounds. [3] In his 2018 book The Crime of Aggression, Humanity, and the Soldier , law scholar Tom Dannenbaum was one of the first to propose legal reforms based on rejection ...

  4. Philosophy of war - Wikipedia

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    Another possible system for categorizing different schools of thought on war can be found in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (see external links, below), based on ethics. The SEP describes three major divisions in the ethics of war: the realist, the pacifist, and the just war theory. [citation needed] In a nutshell:

  5. Just war theory - Wikipedia

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    The just war theory postulates the belief that war, while it is terrible but less so with the right conduct, is not always the worst option. The just war theory presents a justifiable means of war with justice being an objective of armed conflict. [4] Important responsibilities, undesirable outcomes, or preventable atrocities may justify war. [3]

  6. Military ethics - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 15 January 2010, at 03:01 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Category:Military theory - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to military theory, the analysis of normative behavior and trends in military affairs and military history, beyond simply describing events in war. Theories and conceptions of warfare have varied in different places throughout human history. The Chinese Sun Tzu is recognized by scholars to be one of the earliest military ...

  8. James Burk - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] Burk also clarified basic theoretical concepts used to study civil-military relations, such as “military culture,” “constabulary force,” and “civilian control.” [11] [12] [13] He has also introduced new concepts for theory building, relating to the “moral contract” of military service, the military's “institutional ...

  9. Category:Military ethics - Wikipedia

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