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Jeff McMahan on Killing in War

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The Importance of Reliable Information in War

There is so much uncertainty and disagreement about the morality of war, he says. We ideally ought to try harder to understand it properly, he writes. Once we achieve a better understanding then we can reform the law of war more closely, he adds. But in real wars you need reliable information on what was actually happening - not available to most people.

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