----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:08 PM Subject: Re: Opportunity costs of war
> On Apr 14, 2005, at 7:05 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > >> 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. > > I fail to see why there would need to be a "just war" doctrine if > war > was not intrinsically evil. I mean, there's no "just lunch" doctrine > justifying the consumption of a mid-day meal, nor is there such a > doctrine for any of a nearly infinite number of > not-intrinsically-evil > human endeavors. It is because war is intrinsically evil that it > needs a > special-case doctrine. There is a Just Lunch doctrine. At least where I work there is. Just lunch......no nooner......just lunch. xponent No Beer Either Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
