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intellectual virtues-wisdom
Aristotle-decisions of going to war left to wise,educated leaders of country
war- last resort
you should only fight if it is possible to win
criteria can be reached by wise person using reason
war-last resort
should only fight if it is possible to win
criteria can be reached at by a wise person using reason |
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| MacIntyre- understand peoples values must understand context |
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Eudaimonia- respect for all peoples human rights
Aristotles view of good soldier- person whose character well-formed that their courageous nature would lead them into battle against corrupt dictators
inhuman behaviour of soldiers in Abu Ghraib for from aristotles view |
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Arisotle differentiated between people who love pleasure,peoplw who love honour and people who love contemplation
soldiers should want to die honourably
wrong to coax people to fight with pay
greek society warfare was an accepted duty of all men - early form of conscription |
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Doctrine of mean
Aristotle-'we make war so that we may live in peace
not support pacifism
anger in the face of injustice may be entirely approprate |
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Cardina virtues- courage
moral virtue is courage
he may have supported conflict in iraq to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
Far more likely to see the prevention of genocide in Darfur and Rwanda as courageous and noble |
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Cardinal virtues-justice
treating all people fairly
using weapons like landmines- similar to targetting individual
Aristotle-unjust |
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the good for the community
Eudamonia- 'human flourishing'
argued bombs dropped were necessary for international community to move on and flourish |
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