WWS 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Jean Bethke Elshtain, The Boston Globe, Op-Ed
12 Dec 2018
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Walzer and elshtain debate how much to intervene in iraq war, and how much violence is justified based on the violence of the crimes. Walzer: iraq war was unjust on both sides. Sadam hussain wasn"t a legitimate regime because it didn"t protect the rights of the people. The u. s. "s intervention wasn"t justified because hussain"s regime should have been dismantled by the people. Elshtain: the u. s. had a right and a duty to intervene in iraq, and it should have intervened in bosnia and rwanda before iraq. More violence is justified because these crimes are so significant. Walzer: is a left-leaning communitarian (not an individualist) The moral standing of any particular state depends upon the reality of the common life it protects and the extent to which the sacrifices required by that protection are willingly accepted and though worthwhile.
