Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Project For The New American Century, Preemptive War, Nazi Germany
3 Oct 2016
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First, what does walzer have to say about the morality of a draft? (this is on p. Draft = first crime of war, you are making people who may be unwilling to fight, fight. Difficult but not impossible to justify draft with rt. Right theory is very individualistic, and has a difficulty discussing anything like duty to the group. Neutrality = is collective and voluntary form of non combatancy. A state has the right to choose to remain neutral in a conflict, but this right can be violated. And an there can be a force to fight if it is necessary to violate their neutrality or win the war and winning the war is essential for the sake of civilization as we know it. However, toward the end of the book he admits that there are times when utilitarian concerns might override rights concerns.
