The New York Times has published quite a head-scratcher of an opinion piece today. Its concern is with efforts by Western military leadership in Afghanistan to limit civilian deaths, stating that specific policies to restrict the use of air strikes are based on a well-intentioned but immoral lie. The substance of the piece is hardly [...]
Posts Tagged ‘just war’
Morality, one way or the other
Posted in Policy, tagged causality, jus in bello, just war on 18 February 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hear, hear.
Posted in Politics, tagged jus in bello, just war, justice, torture on 17 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been catching up on some reading tonight, and have been struck by two gentlemen whose credentials are the ultimate vouchers for their claims. While their position is hardly novel in either academic theory or political discourse, it seems worth at least a moment to reflect on the fact that they are both retired Marine [...]
Irony and exceptionalism
Posted in Politics, tagged exceptionalism, just war, law, realism, torture on 7 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, another month of silence on this blog… Anyway, I’ve got an hour before I need to run off to rugby practice, so let’s see what I can come up with. Ah, I know…how about the paradox of American exceptionalism. That should be an easy one. This morning, I came across some interesting thoughts by [...]
Some ‘rule of law’ thoughts…
Posted in Policy, tagged just war, law, philosophy, reason, sovereignty on 7 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following up on last week’s justice theme, it seems appropriate to get down some ideas about the rule of law. Particularly, I’m intrigued by the twisting and contorting of principles in order to fit morally and (I would hope) legally unambiguous events into palatable frameworks of understanding. Perhaps absolutism and relativism will constantly be at [...]
By what means?
Posted in Policy, tagged jus in bello, just war, philosophy, sovereignty on 28 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Gaza cease-fire ended this week and, predictably, hell has been unleashed on that wretched sliver of earth yet again. I’ve been trying to think of what I could add to the ongoing commentary on the Palestinian-Israeli situation, a topic that is already debated and spun ad nauseam. The truth is, not very much. Instead, [...]
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