Coup de grâce

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Yell of Triumph, a painting by Alfred Jacob Miller depicting Native American hunters gathering around a mortally wounded buffalo, and engaging in a victory shout before administering their "coup de grâce" to the animal

A coup de grâce (

mortally wounded civilians or soldiers, friends or enemies, with or without the sufferer's consent. The meaning has extended to refer to the final event that causes a figurative death.[2]

Modern law

Today, a coup de grâce for incapacitated soldiers would be a

laws of war mandate caring for the incapacitated and prohibit mercy killing.[3]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0618604999
    p. 119.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0618423156
    pp. 110–111.
  3. ^ Blum, Gabriella (2010). "The Laws of War and the "Lesser Evil"". The Yale Journal of International Law. 35 (1). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-09.

External links

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