The Morality of Nations An Essay On the Theory of Politics
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1 876. M 1 62 THE MORALITY OF NATIONS wounded he must be given " quarter, " and may even be cared for by those of the opposite side. Prisoners of war are not supposed to be killed. As for the distinction of combatants and non- combatants, it is a strange development in the history of warfare : at present it is usually sup- posed that only those in a recognised uniform may be directly attacked ; and these alone, on the other hand, are allowed to attack in depend- ence on the conventions covering... wounded or prisoners, for if a non-uniformed assailant be captured he may be executed as a criminal. The greater number in any civilised group chiefly, of course, women and children are sup- posed not to be directly attacked. They are not to be killed or enslaved. War is, therefore, now defined in International Law, not as the conflict between States but as the conflict between the armed representatives of States. Property also is protected by certain conventions in time of war. As between belligerent States, private property on land is not to be directly destroyed or taken.
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