ABSTRACT
According to risk-imposition of war premise, the private decision to authorize military force does impose risk, above an acceptable threshold, to the fundamental interests of individuals such that the decision ought to be withdrawn from the private sector and reserved for public discharge. This chapter specifies a set of direct-risk-bearers whose fundamental interests are affected by private decisions of military authorization and argues that some possess an entitlement to participate in these private decisions. It also presents a set of indirect-risk-bearers whose fundamental interests are affected by private decisions of military authorization. The chapter deals with a final proposition that converts this approximation of P2 into a full-fledged endorsement. The chapter discusses that public entities must monopolize the authorization of military force and that these entities must authorize military force when the individuals who have been disarmed are threatened.
