W6 - Hurka, Proportionality

Question 1

what is the dilemma that governments are faced with (proportionality)

Answer 1

the objective is to win the war, but morality places limits on their use of force

Question 2

Describe In bello proportionality

Answer 2

Collateral killing of civilians is only acceptable if the deaths are proportionate to the relevant good of the act

Question 3

Describe Ad bellum proportionality

Answer 3

The destructiveness of war must not be out of proportion to the relevant good of the war.

Question 4

what does Hurka say about proportionality

Answer 4

JIB + JAB proportionality are dependent. The level of destruction permitted in a war against a genocidal enemy such as Nazi Germany is greater than in the Falklands War

Question 5

what are the Criteria for ad bellum proportionality

Answer 5

What are the relevant goods that count in favour of a war’s proportionality?
What are the relevant evils that count against it?
How do these goods and evils weigh against each other?

Question 6

Relevant goods

Answer 6

• sufficient just causes = enough alone
• contributing just causes (e.g. stop drug trade) = do count towards
• economic/scientific/political gains no NOT count towards

Question 7

relevant evils

Answer 7

all count towards proportionality

Question 8

Hurka ranking

Answer 8

our civs, our soldiers, their civs, their soldiers

Question 9

Hurka - OS vs. TS

Answer 9

killing almost any number of enemy soldiers in a just manner is acceptable

Question 10

Hurka - OC vs. TS

Answer 10

same as above. the government’s duty is to protect citizens under threat

Question 11

Hurka - OC vs. TC

Answer 11

a country should weigh its own civilians’ lives more heavily than the lives of the civilians of the enemy

Question 12

Hurka - OS vs. TC

Answer 12

a nation may again give some extra weight to its soldiers’ lives because they are its own (1:1 ratio)