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

Ted Winslow egwinslow at rogers.com
Fri Apr 30 10:42:29 PDT 2004


Miles Jackson 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.

Is it then the view of the kind of psychology you advocate, that Dr. Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket demonstrate little if any psychological insight?

Ted



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