Suppose you are an immunity theorist, and you hear that an attack by American soldiers on a group of twenty ruthless terrorists has resulted in the deaths not only of the terrorists but also of one noncombatant woman. Later it becomes known that the American soldiers knew the noncombatant was among the terrorists and launched the attack nevertheless. As an immunity theorist you would judge this action to be justified but regrettable.

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Immunity theorists argue that noncombatants have a moral immunity from being targeted in war, so knowingly attacking a location with noncombatants would be considered unjustifiable, even if regrettable, by an immunity theorist.

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