• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    5 months ago

    Which moral philosopher says that it’s justified to kill thousands of children to achieve military goals?

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      5 months ago

      Plenty, going back at least as far as Augustine to modern writers like Michael Walzer.

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          5 months ago

          Philosophers rarely give good soundbites.

          If you are actually interested in a summary of Just War theory and its critics, you can find one here.

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                5 months ago

                How about you tell me where to look since I’m not your research arm?

                And, again, I asked you about children. The fact that you keep pretending I’m not just indicates you’re discussing this in bad faith.

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                  5 months ago

                  Justifying the death of civilians implies justifying the death of children, because children are a subgroup of civilians.

                  Likewise, the ICC bans “intentionally directing attacks against civilians”. They do not specify children. Do you suppose that means directing attacks against children is legal according to the ICC? Of course not, because children are a subgroup of civilians.

                  Finally, I am not your research arm either. You asked me the names of relevant philosophers, I provided them. If you have follow-up questions about their ideas then I applaud your curiousity but you should probably just read what they wrote.

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                    I know you want to pretend that children are not a special class, but there’s a reason we treat children differently from adults and the reason that I am specifically talking about then since you are saying their deaths are justifiable.