The Duty to Repatriate U.S. Military Personnel

Journal of Military Ethics 22 (2):110-117 (2024)
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Tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel remain missing in action (MIA). U.S. law requires that our MIAs be accounted for and that the government maintain a comprehensive, coordinated, integrated and fully resourced program dedicated to accomplishing this enormous task. The aim of this paper is to show that there is also a moral requirement. There is a moral duty to repatriate U.S. military personnel, a duty that is grounded in our individual right to self-defense.

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10.1080/15027570.2023.2292425

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