Book contents
- Law and Sentiment in International Politics
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations: 155
- Law and Sentiment in International Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraph
- Part I A Theory of Moral Psychology and International Norms
- Part II The Universal Grammar of the Laws of War
- 3 Taming the Sovereign
- 4 War and Peace in Islamic Law
- 5 Moral Emotions and Natural Law
- Part III Moral Sentiments and the Development of International Humanitarian Law
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations (continued from page ii)
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
- Law and Sentiment in International Politics
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations: 155
- Law and Sentiment in International Politics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraph
- Part I A Theory of Moral Psychology and International Norms
- Part II The Universal Grammar of the Laws of War
- 3 Taming the Sovereign
- 4 War and Peace in Islamic Law
- 5 Moral Emotions and Natural Law
- Part III Moral Sentiments and the Development of International Humanitarian Law
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International Relations (continued from page ii)
Summary
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 PoliticsEthics, Emotions, and the Evolution of the Laws of War, pp. 162 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021