COMBATANTS’ PERSISTENCE

The Moral Equality of Combatants

According to the Just War tradition a war can only be just if two sets of principles are satisfied. First there is the jus ad bellum. These principles tell us when it is just to start a war. There has to be a good reason or a just cause in order for a war to be morally permissible (self-defense, defense of others, putting a stop to human rights violations). The decision to go to war has to be t...

On the Moral Equality of Combatants*

THERE’S a well-known scene in Shakespeare’s Henry V in which the King, disguised as an ordinary soldier, is conversing with some of his soldiers on the eve of the battle of Agincourt. Hoping to find or inspire support among them, he remarks: “Methinks I could not die anywhere so contented as in the King’s company, his cause being just and his quarrel honorable.” One soldier replies: “That’s mor...

Tactical Movement Planning for Individual Combatants

Moving computer generated forces realistically has challenged CGF and computer game developers for years. The CGF community has mainly addressed ground vehicle movement, and through a variety of approaches has provided solutions to many entity movement problems. In our project (DISAF), we are faced with the problem of moving individual soldiers rather than vehicles. The vehicle-based movement b...

Doing Harm: Physicians, Enemy Combatants, and Torture.

Annual Scheduling of Atlantic Fleet Naval Combatants

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