Thesis Summary
This page affirms that legitimate fighting is neither individual killing nor conquest, but a practice constrained by the purposes of freedom and justice. For this reason, assassination and the bombing of civilians are excluded from it, because they fall outside its meaning.
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Foundational Atoms
- Legitimate fighting serves freedom and justice
- Individual killing is not part of legitimate fighting
- Assassinations and the bombing of civilians are a departure from fighting
Place of Reliance within the Book
This summary relies on the early passages of the book, where a distinction is drawn between legitimate fighting and forms of individual violence or aggression against civilians.
Limits of the Reading
The page explains the limits of fighting in the text and adds no rulings beyond what the atoms mention in terms of purpose or exception.