GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Retina, Moral Relativism, Moral Absolutism
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Gs101 - lecture 25 - dialogue in an age of terror. How to disengage from a war on terror. Film on drone attacks in waziristan region of pakistan. Engagements that obama was using, rather than an army. More civilians have died than enemy combatants. We must find a way between moral absolutism of the far right (ex former bush. Administration) and jihadis on the one hand, and loose moral relativism on the other, in order to think sensibly and sensitively. Must step back from the brink of absolutes, and recognize the necessity of the other . Irony of 9/11: 2001 - year of dialogue of civilizations. Dialogue does not necessarily require equal power relations. Eck and abu nimer: our recognition of mutual vulnerabilities offers prospects for dialogue. Tragedy can open up the space for dialogue. People in the global south are vulnerable to our military power.
