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I wouldn't be able to view it so black-and-white. For example, what about waging war for independence against a tyrant or waging a war to prevent genocide? What
by vor_ 14y ago
I wouldn't be able to view it so black-and-white. For example, what about waging war for independence against a tyrant or waging a war to prevent genocide? What is considered highly unethical is also highly subjective.
- peterwwillis 14y agoNit-picking: Wars are not waged to prevent genocide. Countries are left alone to kill their own people, and afterward we may punish the perpetrators, but no action is ever taken before or during a genocide. Also, waging a war for independence is typically called an "insurgency" or "terrorism", sometimes with a more heroic title such as "revolution" or "uprising". What's not subjective is that war is (almost) always fought for the wrong reasons. As far as ethics, "Just War" is pretty ridiculous; that the highest officials in power think it's a good idea to murder people, but only in specific ways, is just a joke.
- jacques_chester 14y agoTreason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason. John Harrington.
- vor_ 14y ago> What's not subjective is that war is (almost) always fought for the wrong reasons. But that is subjective.