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Why do some governments and rebel groups deliberately attack civilians during civil war? Why do other groups refrain from targeting civilians, largely complying with the norms of noncombatant immunity codified in international humanitarian law? This dissertation seeks to explain…

Public reason liberalism requires that coercive measures be justified to all reasonable citizens. As a result, when publicly deliberating, citizens must only invoke those beliefs that all citizens could reasonably accept, on some level of idealization. Religious beliefs are rout…