{"id":21659,"date":"2016-09-17T10:30:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21659"},"modified":"2016-09-17T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T15:30:20","slug":"war-is-never-just-the-end-of-just-war-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21659","title":{"rendered":"War Is Never Just: The End of \u201cJust War\u201d Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

War Is Never Just: The End of \u201cJust War\u201d Theory<\/a><\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Several weeks back I was invited to speak this coming October at a U.S. university on ending war and making peace. As I often do, I asked whether the organizers couldn\u2019t try to find a supporter of war with whom I could debate or discuss the topic, thus (I hoped) bringing in a larger audience of people not yet persuaded of the need to abolish the institution of warfare.<\/p>\n

As had never happened before, the event organizers not only said yes but actually found a war supporter willing to take part in a public debate. Great! I thought, this will make for a more persuasive event. I read my future interlocutor\u2019s books and papers, and I drafted my position, arguing that his \u201cJust War\u201d theory could not hold up to scrutiny, that in fact no war could be \u201cjust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather than planning to surprise my \u201cjust war\u201d debate opponent with my arguments, I sent him what I had written so that he could plan his responses and perhaps contribute them to a published, written exchange. But, rather than respond on topic, he suddenly announced that he had \u201cprofessional and personal obligations\u201d that would prevent his taking part in the event in October. Sigh!<\/p>\n

But the best event organizers ever have already found a replacement. So the debate will go forward at St. Michael\u2019s College, Colchester, VT, on October 5th. Meanwhile, I have just published as a book my argument that war is never just.\u00a0You can be the first to buy it, read it, or review it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part of the reason for advancing this debate now is that back on April 11-13th the Vatican\u00a0held a meeting<\/a>on whether the Catholic Church, the originator of Just War theory, should finally reject it. Here\u2019s\u00a0a petition you can sign<\/a>, whether or not you are Catholic, urging the church to do just that.<\/p>\n

…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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