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5 - Moral Emotions and Natural Law

The Peace of God, Catholic Just War Theory, and the European Enlightenment

from Part II - The Universal Grammar of the Laws of War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2021

David Traven
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton
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This chapter examines the early emergence of civilian protection norms in medieval Europe and traces their development in the religious and secular strands of just war theory. It argues that the Peace of God played social movement in medieval Europe played a key role in the emergence of the principle of civilian immunity. Second, it shows that the theory set forth in Chapter 2 provides a useful account of how the principle of civilian immunity arose in medieval Europe and why it persisted from the medieval period through the Enlightenment. Throughout, it examines the arguments of key just war theorists and international lawyers, including Augustine, Aquinas, Vitoria, Suarez, Grotius, and Vattel.

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Law and Sentiment in International Politics
Ethics, Emotions, and the Evolution of the Laws of War
, pp. 162 - 190
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Moral Emotions and Natural Law
  • David Traven, California State University, Fullerton
  • Book: Law and Sentiment in International Politics
  • Online publication: 11 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108954280.007
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  • Moral Emotions and Natural Law
  • David Traven, California State University, Fullerton
  • Book: Law and Sentiment in International Politics
  • Online publication: 11 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108954280.007
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  • Moral Emotions and Natural Law
  • David Traven, California State University, Fullerton
  • Book: Law and Sentiment in International Politics
  • Online publication: 11 June 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108954280.007
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