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ConsciousLiterature t1_is11hob wrote

Reply to comment by Add32 in The Philosophical Underpinning of “War Crimes” Statutes by ADefiniteDescription

I don't think anybody really cares about the ethics of war no matter how much lip service they give to it. Look at the Israelis for example. They are absolutely convinced that everything they do is just and justified and ethical and necessary. The apartheid has overwhelming support within the country. It never occurs to them that Palestinians might be human beings subject to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Same for the United States which conducts all kinds of atrocities and war crimes all around the world while crowing about how moral and ethical and exceptional they are.

Normally the excuse is something like "well we could have killed and maimed more of them but look at how great we are because we stopped at this point!"

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Add32 t1_is1bmi9 wrote

I was mostly establishing that exploring the ethics of war has a use, not that it was always used. (that not all conflicts are inherently unethical)

If you want to change a country, get involved in its politics. There is no shortcut.

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ConsciousLiterature t1_is1lcxt wrote

If you want to change a country become rich and powerful. Nothing else will change a country.

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