Questions tagged [philosophy-of-war]
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How has the philosophy of war changed since Sun Tzu's The Art of War?
The Art of War, an ancient military treatise written by Sun Tzu, is composed of thirteen chapters detailing strategies for war ranging from simply laying plans to the extensive use of fire and spies against one's enemies. For centuries, it has been…
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Is fascism intrinsically violent?
Has every group or nation that is generally considered to be fascist, descended from the nationalist ideology of Mussolini (I don't mean 'fascism' in the sense of just any right wing demagogy), espoused an especially violent politics and political…
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How much if any suspension of civil liberties can be ethically justified during a "state of war"?
We constantly see civil liberties getting sacked because the country/state/city/town is in a state of war (let it be curfews or bugging civilian mobile phones). How much is ok? At what level is it too much?
I ask this because we need a…
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Exploring philosophy behind "Catch-22" novel: individual in war
I am looking for the name and possibly deeper development of the system of ethics / morality exemplified by the attitude of Yossarian, the main protagonist of Catch-22 novel by Joseph Heller. Yossarian's primary concern is his own…
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What does this quote from Albert Camus mean?
“To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live
in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become
what we were not. it all becomes a question of style.”
— Albert Camus, Notebooks, 1935–1942
Can someone…
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Books or articles on military thought?
I'm looking to find writings on military thought. Not in the sense of tactics or history of war, but in the sense of being in or running a military force in the abstract. Ideally, possible topics would include questions of organization, discipline,…
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Does the existence of total warfare (i.e. win or die) prove that free-will is limited?
When you look at history there seems to be two types of wars: 1) the "unilateral" or asymmetric wars (like recently the Iraq war where one group of people overwhelmingly keep the conflict under their control) and 2) the total wars (like WWII for…
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Paul Valery's Crisis of the Mind
An excerpt from Paul Valery's Crisis of Mind:
I was saying the other day the peace is the kind of war that allows
acts of love and creation in its course; it is, then, a more complex
and obscure process than war properly so-called, as life is…
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What is the morality of joining the military?
What is the morality of joining the military?
Clearly, military men and women can have any number of virtues, but also are trained killers. There is the argument that they are legally so, but while I am sympathetic to the claim they are not…
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Would a physical near-equivalent to continental nuclear war have roughly the same moral status as an actual such war?
Qualifications. Barring the future advent of antimatter, black-hole, or similar weaponry, nuclear weapons are the standard-bearer for destruction in our world.
Their comparison with chemical explosives is typically mediated by an estimated TNT…
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What is the doctrine of using violence to preserve peace called?
What is the correct way to describe the philosophy on the subject of 'war to make peace' or 'justification of short-term violence on the road to long-term peace'. Si vis pacem, para bellum is another seemingly contradictory expression. What is it…
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Can man live without war? Can a state live without war?
Just imagine when a man sees our planet from a different planet (like Mars), the man sees no causes of war.
Why are all wars not finished?
Please propose books/articles to understand it.
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Famous "mistranslation" of Clausewitz
Properly translated, however, the title reads “War Is a Mere
Continuation of Policy with Other Means.” “With,” not “by.” There is
zero ambiguity in the German. The translators, or perhaps their
publisher, flub this one.
From a mainstream…
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Attacker accuses the defender. What fallacy is going on here?
Suppose one country, the aggressor, launches a missile attack against another country, the defender. During the attack, the defender activates its anti-missile defense system and successfully shoots down one of the aggressor's missiles. However,…
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The Philosophy of War and Value Judgement
With the war in Ukraine, I think a field has been opened up for studying the philosophy of war deeper. First of all, I would like to state that I oppose the war in Ukraine and Russian government's aggressive measurements at full of my heart and…
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