A Just Cause
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published 03/05/2007
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Summary
As Michael Walzer frequently states, “war is hell”; however, that has not stopped people from engaging in it for thousands of years. There are a variety of reasons nations have entered war, among them are: territorial expansion, the spread of democracy, self-defense, and humanitarian crises to name a few. According to Walzer, however, some of these reasons are more justified than others, and some of them are not justifiable at all. While some people may view war as an aberration of human behavior and decency, Walzer believes that some wars are not only justified, but also necessary, such as the Allied response in World War Two. For an institution as chaotic and violent as war, Walzer seeks to create parameters and conventions. Thus, in his book, Just and Unjust Wars, Walzer attempts to establish, among other things, what exactly a “just war” is, what the rules of war are, and who they apply to, and when intervention is a morally legitimate response.
Table of Contents
- According to Walzer's view, we have very compelling reasons never to intervene in another nation's practices or problems
- However, Walzer does note some exceptions to this general prohibition of intervention
- Finally, a very serious reason for overriding the non-intervention principle is in the case of humanitarian crises.
- One justification for interventions that has been used repeatedly...
- Walzer asserts that the Allied intervention during World War Two to stop Hitler's genocidal regime was absolutely justified
- Walzer still seeks to limit the means the Allied forces could use to effect the fall of the Nazis
- There is, however, one position of Walzer with which I do not agree
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