Why, According to McMahan, Doesn't the Right to Self-Defense Justify

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Multiple Choice

Why, according to McMahan, doesn't the right to self-defense justify the traditional principles of just war theory?

• A) Because the right to self-defense applies to individuals, whereas the principles of just war apply to countries.
• B) Because the right to self-defense does not apply to someone who is being attacked because he or she attacked someone else.
• C) Because the right to self-defense is based on jus in bello, not vice versa.
• D) Because the right to self-defense assumes a right to life that soldiers forfeit when they enter a war zone.

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