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The increased use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) is often said to be one of he most significant changes to the military in recent times. This book provides a detailed assessment of the moral arguments for and against the use of PMSCs. In doing so, it considers objections to private force at the employee, employer, and international levels. For instance, does the potential for private contractors to possess mercenary motives affect whether they can use military force ? Does a state abdicate an essential responsibility when it employs PMSCs ? Is the use of PMSCs morally preferable to the alternatives, such as an all-volunteer force and a conscripted army ? What are the effects of treating military services as a commodity for the governing rules of the international system ? Overall, the book argues that private military force leads not only to contingent moral problems stemming from the lack of effective regulation, but also to several deeper, more fundamental problems that mean that public force should be preferred. Nevertheless, it also argues that, despite these problems, the use of PMSCs can sometimes (although rarely) be morally permissible. Ultimately, the book argues that the challenges posed by the use of PMSCs mean that we need to reconsider how military force ought to be organized and that we need to reform our thinking about the ethics of war and, in particular, Just War Theory.

PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES--MORAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS