Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. If any moral principle commands near universal assent, this one does. It is written into every major historica

Killing civilians is worse than killing soldiers. Few moral principles have been more widely and viscerally affirmed. But in recent years it has faced a rising

The laws are not silent in war, but what should they say? What is the moral function of the law of armed conflict? Should the law protect civilians who do not f

"Collateral damage" is a military term for the inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations. In Collateral

There is almost unanimous agreement that civilians should be protected from the direct effects of violent conflict, and that the distinction between combatant a