[lbo-talk] Norman Geras on the morality of the just war.

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Apr 30 08:16:42 PDT 2004


On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Jon Johanning wrote:


> What they do is frequently monstrous, but keep in mind that they are
> soldiers, and hence required to obey orders. It's the system they are
> cogs in, which like all war systems is monstrous, that is at fault.
> This includes their training, which teaches them to be ruthless when in
> combat. If anyone should be called monstrous, it's the officers who
> give the orders and who set up the military system.

Even this personalizes it too much for my taste. Rather: the problem is the capitalist social structure that facilitates this kind of reckless militarism.

Miles



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