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|342| In the fact that states mutually recognize one another as such, there remains, even in war — that condition of rightlessness, violence, and contingency — a bond whereby they count for one another as beings in and for themselves, so that even in war itself, war is determined as something that ought to pass away. It thus contains the determination, in accordance with international law, that the possibility of peace be preserved within it — so that, for example, envoys are respected — and, in general, that it not be waged against internal institutions and peaceful family and private life, nor against private persons.

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  1. Eduard Gans (Additions) Avatar
    Eduard Gans (Additions)

    Modern wars are therefore waged in a humane manner, and person does not stand opposed to person in hatred. At most, personal hostilities occur at the outposts, but in the army as army, enmity is something indeterminate that recedes before the duty which each respects in the other.

  2. Hegel (Simple) Avatar
    Hegel (Simple)

    § 338: Rules in war

    Even in war, states recognize each other as states. So even in a state of violence a bond remains between them.

    What follows from this?

    War should pass. The possibility of peace must remain. So we respect envoys. And war does not aim at the inner institutions. Nor at the life of families and private persons. Courts, churches, poorhouses and hospitals should go on working.

    Humane wars:

    In more recent wars, person does not hate person. At most there is personal hostility among the outposts. In the army as a whole, hostility steps back. Each respects in the other the duty he fulfills.

    Summary: Even in war a bond of recognition remains between states. War should pass and leave peace possible. It aims at the state, not at private persons.

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