Comments on: The (im)morality of the Just War Theory http://anarcap.unanimocracy.com/2007/12/03/the-immorality-of-the-just-war-theory/ Market anarchism - finances, faith, family and foreign affairs Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:30:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: debate: the (im)morality of just war theory « empty rhetoric http://anarcap.unanimocracy.com/2007/12/03/the-immorality-of-the-just-war-theory/#comment-2949 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:02:26 +0000 http://anarcap.unanimocracy.com/2007/12/03/the-immorality-of-the-just-war-theory/#comment-2949 [...] debate: the (im)morality of just war theory Posted in debate by curtisschweitzer on December 4th, 2007 Adam Dada has kindly agreed to participate in a small debate with me over the morality of Just War Theory. His first post, which introduces the series, can be found here. He will be posting this week, at which point I will be responding. Please feel free to visit his site and check out some of his other posts, as he’s an exceedingly intelligent and rational blogger. [...] […] debate: the (im)morality of just war theory Posted in debate by curtisschweitzer on December 4th, 2007 Adam Dada has kindly agreed to participate in a small debate with me over the morality of Just War Theory. His first post, which introduces the series, can be found here. He will be posting this week, at which point I will be responding. Please feel free to visit his site and check out some of his other posts, as he’s an exceedingly intelligent and rational blogger. […]

]]> by: Thomas http://anarcap.unanimocracy.com/2007/12/03/the-immorality-of-the-just-war-theory/#comment-2944 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:08:38 +0000 http://anarcap.unanimocracy.com/2007/12/03/the-immorality-of-the-just-war-theory/#comment-2944 When viewed as a cap, the Christian just war tradition does not say when to go to war. It says when not to go to war. Though the cap is weaker than your personal cap, it is consistent with that. In rhetoric, when our own strong convictions can be distracting, we can agree to logically weaker statements, still true. In addition, at times we it appropriate to commend positions as monotonic improvements over the current situation. Or, over other positions, such as the holy war position that has become popular recently. So, even with a strict ethic concerning force, the just war tradition is useful. When viewed as a cap, the Christian just war tradition does not say when to go to war. It says when not to go to war. Though the cap is weaker than your personal cap, it is consistent with that.

In rhetoric, when our own strong convictions can be distracting, we can agree to logically weaker statements, still true.

In addition, at times we it appropriate to commend positions as monotonic improvements over the current situation. Or, over other positions, such as the holy war position that has become popular recently.

So, even with a strict ethic concerning force, the just war tradition is useful.

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