On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 23:51:25 -0400, JDG wrote > Since I don't > consider war to be intrinsically evil - that is I believe that a > "just war" exists, cost-benefit-analysis becomes an appropriate > consideration in recommending for or against a war.
You don't believe that "just war" doctrine argues that a lesser evil is sometimes necessary to overcome a greater evil? It seems to me that even when talking about a just war, most every theologian acknowledges that war is failure, that it arises not out of goodness, but out of evil -- that war is an evil to be resisted whenever possible. Turning to the positive side of these issues, I greatly appreciate the Catholic Church's statements on having a consistent ethic of life, which presumes heavily against any action that takes away life. Pope John Paul II: "Where life is involved, the service of charity must be profoundly consistent. It cannot tolerate bias and discrimination, for human life is sacred and inviolable at every stage and in every situation; it is an indivisible good." That sacredness and inviolability of life seems to me to make war intrinsically evil. Nick _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
