tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post5179677814352919553..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: Just or unjustThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-67194992062007196002010-02-13T00:55:54.199+00:002010-02-13T00:55:54.199+00:00"Open democracy" website is a cesspit of..."Open democracy" website is a cesspit of reactionary shite. I don't know why you even bother reacting to such shit in the first place.<br /><br />(oh -- okay -- I do --- this is the internets after all.).Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015473239835274353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-54277538783947968542010-02-13T00:34:05.310+00:002010-02-13T00:34:05.310+00:00The only thing I've really sat down and read o...The only thing I've really sat down and read on the topic was Michael Walzer's "Just and Unjust Wars".<br /><br />But even that book, classic as it may be, is kind of silly and outdated. Walzer says it is not a philosophical treatise ... just some ramblings on war and history with no moral principles behind it at all. It was written like an encyclopedia for "just war" scenarios. But the only really interested part was the short chapter on terrorism and asymmetrical warfare. <br /><br />I think "just war" is a dead concept. Just look at the genealogy of its tradition, coming out of the Christian moral system. I don't think it is useful. It is a game that statesmen play.<br /><br />Do you know of any Marxist interpretations of Just War Theory? It would be interesting to see if someone has combined capital and class into a theory of just war. For example, if we consider riots and revolutions a kind of war -- class war -- are they only justified if provoked by aggression, or the system of exploitation enough already to provoke a "just war" in response?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com