War has very distinct and polarising effects on people and does not have to look far to gauge a common consensus on how negatively it can be viewed, because of its destructive, chaotic, and immoral nature. Very few people have been prepared to argue that war is morally desirable, so the question central to this investigation will query whether war can be seen viewed as something beyond purely immoral, and beyond the initial preconceptions, so that we might perhaps view it in a way that enlightens us, and is productive to us. The investigation is split into 4 sections.
\n–\t\u2018War should obviously be morally wrong.\u2019
\nWhy do we think war is wrong? Are our assumptions based on dogmatic tendencies?
\n–\t\u2018Is Killing wrong, and should it be wrong within warfare?\u2019
\nUsing Immanuel Kant\u2019s universalising imperative, I will suggest it is wrong to kill, however, I will engage with an understanding of self- defence in war, arguing that scenarios such as war create a problem for these initial assumptions.
\n–\t\u2018Why do we go to war?\u2019
\nWhat reasons can we provide for going to war? Can we justify it?
\nI aim to introduce Hegel\u2019s historicism, exploring the \u2018purifying\u2019 ontogenetic capacities of war (war might be required to achieve peace and stability in the first place), and Machiavelli\u2019s pluralism, to provide a different interpretation that a leader who is governing and conducting warfare should not consider ethics at all.
\n–\t\u2018The Nuclear Age: Do we need to reconsider the ethics of war?\u2019
\nInformally referred to in my investigation as \u201cHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb\u201d, I will bring everything together with consideration to growing temporary warfare to revaluate our understanding of morality; technology and the advent of possible nuclear destruction change ethics?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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