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August 2, 2006
A just war or just a war?
The economist has a short piece on understanding the moral philosophy of war, especially as it relates to Israel. It starts off talking about proportionality, rightfully dismisses it as a rather irrelevant concepts and moves onto other, more interesting matters.
Posted by OneEyedMan at August 2, 2006 11:15 AM
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I can't help but feel enthused whenever I see an article like this. Humanity has traditionally engaged in atrocities beyond anything that we see today. That such a large amount of concern is demonstrated for the lives of civilians makes me think that finally humanity is leaving some of there brutality behind.
I know that this seems like a strange opinion to express in the wake of a situation where civilians are dying, and (multiple) governments are simply being crass to the damage they are causing, but I think that it is more revealing to view the reaction of people to bad things than it is to simply try to measure the number of bad things that happen.
It's also worth pointing out that in World War II it was considered more than acceptable to simply try to level a city, civilians and all. Now we are upset about blowing up things like electric infrastructure. Amazing.
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at August 2, 2006 3:52 PM
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