Monday 10/18: Just War Theory and Practice

Zoom link to our 6pm class can be found here. If you are prompted for a passcode, it is 754516.

Zoom recording of the class can be found here.

Read or view before class:

1. Thucydides, "On Ruthlessness: The Melian Dialogue," How to Think About War

2. Bettany Hughes, chapters 40-41 (pp. 267-272 On Melos)

3. Victor Davis Hanson, A War Like No Other (excerpt, below)

4. Just War Framework map, below.

Prepare or organize before class:

Review: Ethical theory concept map

Think about: How some of your own experiences serving in the military relate to some of the same ideas we encountered in ethical and/or just war theories. Consider whether your own experiences suggest limitations or problems with realistic implementation of the ideas we studied in ethical or just war theory.