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Originally Posted by halla
war is not moral, it is existential.
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A war can indeed be fought for moral reasons, if it is purely defensive. But pre-emptive wars are not defensive.
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if the innocents bystander does nothing to help his fellow man then why should that same bystander expect help? extrapolating from that -
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If someone will not fight and risk death to save their own life, why do you perceive that it is someone else's responsibility to fight and sacrifice their life for them?
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when you argue against the killing of innocents abroad during conflict one can use your argument rendering all those that do nothing no culpable making your argument aganst the of killing innocents vacuous.
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I am arguing against initiating force against those who have not directly initiated force against us.