Jack comments on Morality and International Humanitarian Law - Less Wrong

2 Post author: David_J_Balan 30 November 2009 03:27AM

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Comment author: Jack 02 December 2009 11:15:37PM 0 points [-]

Humanitarian law serves the function of limiting the human suffering caused by war, and as such is very valuable.

It does this only insofar as it is enforced. If it were enforced more, more people would be deterred. If it was enforced less, fewer people would be deterred.