"In an ethical war, whom can you fight?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 17 Apr 2022 9:26 p.m. PST |
"The practical question is this: "Is it immoral to kill civilians in war?" This question has become more important during the last 100 years because a century ago most people killed in wars were professionals…."
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| nsolomon99 | 18 Apr 2022 2:12 a.m. PST |
There are ethical wars …. ?! |
ZULUPAUL  | 18 Apr 2022 2:24 a.m. PST |
There are wars on ethics. |
| Frederick | 18 Apr 2022 5:34 a.m. PST |
This argument goes back a long way – for Islam back to the original writing of the Quran and for Christianity perhaps best articulated by St. Augustine jstor.org/stable/40014967 |
GildasFacit  | 18 Apr 2022 5:41 a.m. PST |
Ethics are neither universal nor consistent so I'd bet what you want to do can be allowed by 'adjusting' your ethics. |
| Frederick | 18 Apr 2022 12:50 p.m. PST |
That reminds me of a quote I heard about Phil Sheridan (one of my favourite ACW generals) in his role as Commander of the Military District of the Missouri was that he had "the combination of ruthless pragmatism and elastic ethics necessary for an officer of an ambitious expanding republic" |
| Tango01 | 18 Apr 2022 3:10 p.m. PST |
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