[lit-ideas] Re: The Surgical Strike Option
- From: Erin Holder <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:25:51 -0500
"We ought not to bomb Iran's nuclear sites because we might at the same time
harm moms, dads, and little kids". I'm not really clear on how you tie this
in with Kant. If you're suggesting that this "maxim" be subjected to a test
of universalizability, and claiming that, because it can't be universalized,
it can't hold as a categorical imperative, this doesn't make any sense to me
because this maxim is clearly hypothetical to begin with.
Erin
TO
Quoting Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >From an earlier reply to Walter:
>
> I just did. Did you miss it?
>
> Kant's Categorical Imperative urged us to act upon maxims which can be
> accepted as universal laws of nature. If someone argues that we ought not
> to bomb Iran's nuclear sites because we might at the same time harm
> moms/dads/little kids, then if this is treated as a categorical Imperative
> we should be able to apply it to all such bombings.
>
> I don't think Marlena intended the moms/dads/little kids to be a show
> stopper, but then why throw it out there? Our purpose is to war upon
> enemies when we deem it absolutely necessary. We seek to engage in just
> wars. We seek to minimize collateral damage.
>
> Lawrence
>
>
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> I missed the promise to apply Kant!
>
> Judy
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>
> > When may we expect you to apply it?
> > Cheers, Walter
> >
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