steve on Nostr: “Just and Unjust Wars” by Michael Walzer ⭐️ What do you get when a political ...
“Just and Unjust Wars” by Michael Walzer
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What do you get when a political activist from the 1970s (i.e., Vietnam War-era) writes a book aiming to codify the morality of war? You get 381 pages of un-actionable self-contradictions based on false assumptions. Walzer has plenty of gems such as asserting that the reader shouldn’t pity a professional soldier who dies in war because “that’s what they volunteered for” or criticizing free speech rights because people “shouldn’t be allowed to just say anything”. He does earn credit for the sole good point he made: a nation’s citizenry must share in the accountability for war alongside its leaders. See? There’s always a silver lining 🌥️
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What do you get when a political activist from the 1970s (i.e., Vietnam War-era) writes a book aiming to codify the morality of war? You get 381 pages of un-actionable self-contradictions based on false assumptions. Walzer has plenty of gems such as asserting that the reader shouldn’t pity a professional soldier who dies in war because “that’s what they volunteered for” or criticizing free speech rights because people “shouldn’t be allowed to just say anything”. He does earn credit for the sole good point he made: a nation’s citizenry must share in the accountability for war alongside its leaders. See? There’s always a silver lining 🌥️