GINS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: High Tech, Security Studies, Short Twentieth Century
11 Dec 2016
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Wwii a just war? (just cause, just tactics?) Allies claimed that dresden was a strategic target. Critics claimed that it was not, and that the attacks were indiscriminate area bombing that were not proportional to the military gains. The damage inflicted in particular military operations during the course of war should always be proportional to the strategic aims of those particular operations. Despite the importance of pacifism as a moral response to war, especially from religious groups (e. g. quakers) as well as some (but not all) feminists, there is an enormous body of work devoted to considering the ethics of war. On this view, war is either inevitable or necessary at some times, and therefore it is important to consider when it is just to engage in warfare, and what kind of conduct during warfare can be considered just. Long tradition of thinking about the ethics of war. (cid:858)just war theor(cid:455)(cid:859) developed by christian thinkers.
