Oppose Afghanistan But Not a Pacifist? Tough.
…the principles of just war that have informed the Nuremberg Principles and Geneva Conventions, the current gold standards for leaders of nations conducting wars. His defense in the abstract was eloquent. In its practical application to Afghanistan, it was shallow and inept. As Catholic social ethicist Dan Maguire noted, his defense failed all six criteria for just war, though failing only one makes a war unjust. “It is ‘a pity beyond all telling’…
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