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Soldiers' moral responsibility in peace support operations.
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International Journal on World Peace
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March 1, 2008
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When peacekeepers in Srebrenica and Rwanda stepped aside and let thousands of defenseless civilians be killed, questions were raised about whether the soldiers had any responsibility for the deaths. From a legal point of view, it has been argued that what they did was lawful. However, the author argues that peacekeepers are morally responsible for the protection of civilians. When peacekeepers are placed in a position to prevent moral catastrophes, they cannot step aside and "allow" the killing of those who believed the soldiers were there to protect them. The article argues that there is moral equivalency between killing and allowing killing to occur; peacekeepers who allow killing might ...
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