PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Thomas Nagel, Michael Walzer, Strategic Bombing

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Michael walzer supreme emergency & thomas nagel war and massacre . Supreme emergency : rare case where fighting unjustly is the least wrong thing to do (but still blameworthy) Cautions about using this clause too quickly; the clause of necessity is often used to escape blame: necessity: danger must be imminent, unusual and horrifying. November 27: choose the lesser of two evils: do the ends justify the means. Belief that tactical bombs wouldn"t stop hitler. Also, reprisal for german blitzkrieg: hiroshima and bombing tokyo. Belief that japanese fighting aggressive war unjustly. Does this mean the people of hiroshima forfeit their rights: utilitarian calculus: Only violate the rules of war in face of defeat likely to bring about disaster not merely to bring about victory. Absolutist: limits on what may be done in your service of worthy end. Nagel"s qualified absolutism: unless the utilitarian considerations are overwhelming, weighty and extreme concern .

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