tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902380.post112837474096187948..comments2024-01-30T03:39:16.491-05:00Comments on Thoughts of a Soldier-Ethicist: Developing a Coherent Moral ArgumentPete Kilnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16027642894453539902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902380.post-1168830498713156742007-01-14T22:08:00.000-05:002007-01-14T22:08:00.000-05:00Pete, here is a discussion we were having on a con...Pete, here is a discussion we were having on a conservative chat net I attend regularly. At; http://www.foodservicerumors.com/TedHall.htm Schmed is a Captin in the Army and has been to Iraq.<BR/><BR/>I wrote;<BR/>JW: Pete Kilner is constantly making the assumption that persons against the war, or war in general, is based on a sense of morality. I suppose he's giving them the benifit of the doubt. But is a big weakness in his logic/approach.<BR/>JW: If he's trying to get his PHD he surly won't want to piss off his liberal PHD board that will approve him.<BR/>JW: Or disapprove of him.. So he can't go into the mental workings of the liberal approach to war in general.<BR/>JW: And it AIN'T based on morality.<BR/>Schmedlap: Last week I took a course titled "Contemporary Counterinsurgency Warfare" One of the speakers got his PhD by doing a dissertation on counterinsurgency while working as a correspondent for Soldier of Fortune. The libs on the board must have had a heart attack.<BR/>JW: I bet...hehehe<BR/>JW: These guys walk a tight rope...in liberal universities. My MFA was not Political. We were in Nam tho.JWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08479105602082672064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14902380.post-1130769805782821412005-10-31T09:43:00.000-05:002005-10-31T09:43:00.000-05:00Good point, engineer.As will become clear in subse...Good point, engineer.<BR/><BR/>As will become clear in subsequent posts, I believe strongly in human agency.<BR/><BR/>No one can "force" another to fight and kill. They can "coerce", of course, but isn't it also true that all decisions we make occur under some level of coercion.<BR/><BR/>If someone has the conviction that a war is unjust, then he should not fight in it, even if it means loss of freedom (jail) or worse (execution, although not even a concern in developed nations). <BR/><BR/>Just because a right moral decision entails unpleasant consequences doesn't mean it's any less a right decision.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts on this?Pete Kilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16027642894453539902noreply@blogger.com