Oddities
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:47:41 -0500
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>At 11:33 AM 11/29/01 -0500, brettk at unicacorp.com wrote:
>>These arguments are advanced as support for a larger point, that the
>>war is unjustified. As Justin said, the Afghan war does not meet the
>>standards of just war theory, or the standards laid out by the UN, namely
>>self-defence.
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>then worries about innocents dying shouldn't be raised, and they
>especially shouldn't be raised against your opponent in an argument.
>
No, minimizing noncombant casualties (just means), and avoiding them altogether by not initiating a war that's unjust (necessity, just ends) are part of just war theory. Civilivian casualties don't simply become OK when it's war, even if it's a just war. The war against the Nazis was just, but not the firebombings of German cities. jks
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