Probably because they have never visited the West Bank. Take it for what it's worth, but while I was there I did not hear a single Palestinian express...
True, and I doubt whether this makes a two-state solution any more likely. But that's not the reason why I believe this is significant. The more diplo...
A while back I mentioned the 'climate grift', and how it undermines the credibility of environmentalism. Well, here you go: Rich nations are earning b...
Ireland to recognise Palestinian State Norway recognises Palestinian State Long overdue, but a positive development that will put further pressure on ...
Ok then. What are the rules of these ethics that apply to states? Since states do not exist and are merely abstractions, does it mean we can discuss o...
What other actors are there besides individuals? This sounds like international law, and not like ethics. You're right; within international law war c...
This isn't often explicitly discussed, but there is a fundamental difference between an individual acting out of self-defense, and a state (an abstrac...
I'm not going to play games answering your loaded questions. If you have a point to make, make it. If your point is that Israel commiting crimes again...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAfIYtpcBxo As usual, Mearsheimer manages to deliver a lucid take on the Israel-Palestine conflict. I have echoed simi...
That's what I'm trying to point out. One ends up in a moral debate about which laws are good and which aren't. Apparently there is some confusion abou...
International law offers a very simple answer to the question in the OP: No. A war crime is by its very definition against international law. Involvin...
The writer does not understand the nature of international law. International law is a method of communication between states, and first and foremost ...
This sentence from the article reads like a bad joke. Anyone who speaks of moral justification while excusing the intentional of bombing refugee camps...
When Rome fell, Europe was first sacked and then taken over by barbarians tribes that eventually settled and became the inheritors of the civilization...
Which is clearly a nationalist sentiment, and Churchill was clearly a nationalist. I'm not sure how that isn't obvious. You seem to be unaware of the ...
It depends on the scale really. Perhaps its possible to run a small village ("society") morally. But the larger the scale, the less realistic that see...
Self-defense can be excused as last resort, even for so simple a reason that most won't be fully in control of themselves if they are in a real self-d...
If one wishes to be moral, one probably should avoid politics altogether. I disagree. Leaving would still be the right thing to do - better late than ...
As I explained earlier, Winston made the crucial error of taking up responsibilities that he would not be able to carry out without breaking moral pri...
He could go anywhere, really. And so could his countrymen. So? Why should I, an individual interested in making moral decisions, have any interest in ...
I agree that extreme examples tend to turn into situations in which no moral outcomes are possible, and that such examples tend to be unrealistic and ...
Personally, even if we suppose the situation is this clear (ignoring for example Britain's part in causing WW2), I wouldn't let Winston off the hook s...
IHL is based in law, ergo, a set of rules that parties have agreed upon should be followed. It is underpinned by, among other things, moral reasoning,...
And this is what you would term "justice"? :chin: The term "war crime" refers to international humanitarian law. If you're asking me whether war of an...
If this isn't a moral question to you, then I'm afraid there might not be enough common ground to have a constructive discussion. As for the question ...
I am not so sure whether I agree, since I believe there can be no moral obligation to do immoral things. If Winston cannot fulfill his responsibilitie...
The answer is no. First of, the question of justification is a moral one, and therefore should be understood on the appropriate level; that of the mor...
I didn't mean to imply these policies were the only cause of atomization, but I believe they certainly are a big contributor. Social structure is unde...
One thing I hear a lot being argued in favor of UBI, is that people experience less financial pressure. However, in a healthy society that is not a ro...
If socialism wants to be effective at reducing poverty, it should focus on creating jobs and keeping the prices of basic needs low. UBI does neither, ...
In that context it sounds like an awful idea. People becoming chronically reliant on modern governments is asking for trouble. I give it exactly one c...
Simply injecting money into a certain strata doesn't work, for the same reason a state cannot just print money to magically elevate people out of pove...
It is very odd that ChatGPT makes no mention of the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit (that preceded the Georgia war) and the 2014 coup d'etat (that preceded...
Propaganda is large-scale psychological manipulation. It leans more heavily on psychology than it does on philosophy, although the two fields can over...
Also, in case anyone missed it: Congress threatens ICC over Israeli arrest warrants In case the US wasn't done making itself into a complete internati...
I agree, they would be shooting themselves in the foot internationally. But domestically it may look different, and when I talk about Biden's re-elect...
Iran is definitely not looking to escalate. The West is weakening in the Middle-East, leaving ample room for Iran to expand its influence. They have n...
I'd be in favor of it, but only if the threads are properly moderated for low-quality content. Right now, these threads belong in the Lounge because t...
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