PEACEST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch 19 & 20: Total War, Ethics, Just War Theory
27 Sep 2016
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Answers to what is war? largely depend on the philosophers views on determinism and free will. The answers to all these questions lead on to more specific and applied ethical and political questions. It must be noted that defining war should not incorporate a too narrow or normative account of war. If war is defined as something between states, then wars between nomadic groups should not be mention (making the definition invalid since it is too narrow) Oxford dictionary expands the definition of war to include any ative or hostility struggle between living beings; a conflict between opposing forces or principles : this helps void the narrowness but also may indicate too broad a definition. All possible answers to this question often reflect a tacit or explicit acceptance of broader philosophical issues on the nature of determinism and freedom (just as the definitions do)
