Michael Walzer on Just War Theory | Big Think

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  • @bigthink
    @bigthink  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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  • @allison5923
    @allison5923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Here from homework LOL

    • @visiongt3944
      @visiongt3944 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hate this writer for his book; his english is old and confusing and I'm gonna get a D coz of him 😤

    • @thegamingfire597
      @thegamingfire597 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sad

    • @onewayticket2148
      @onewayticket2148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

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      @nehcterGXU ปีที่แล้ว

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      @riantloxya4422 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @SonoftheLivingGod7
    @SonoftheLivingGod7 13 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I'd love to talk to this man for a few hours. He's Interesting.

  • @HierophanticRose
    @HierophanticRose 12 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    In eastern traditions, there is more of an objective concept of war that many people from those regions seems to have made peace and even embraced without the promise of eased conscience or dignified manner. There's an idea that there are two kinds of war, war for surviving and war for thriving. And sometimes one's war for thriving is another's war for surviving

  • @feliciacovington699
    @feliciacovington699 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    In some cases, war is very necessary. Wars often achieve things that would not have necessarily happened if it had not been for the war. I do not condone violence, but I am saying that it's necessary at times. Often times, people only understand the language of war and violence. So, thats the language we must speak to them in.

  • @TheUrbanZone
    @TheUrbanZone 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I disagree with some of his work but I think he would have been a great professor to take.

    • @dianaandati2527
      @dianaandati2527 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Please share your views

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    @DomeSwag I'd say there is: the reward is Peace the risk is WAR!
    Say Freedonia and Freeland dispute over something like resources:
    1-they trust and cooperate, do OK sharing finite resources.
    2--Freedonia betrays Freeland in a sudden attack, an easy victory for Freedonia with spoils of war and the WORST fate for Freeland
    3--Both Freedonia and Freeland suspect each other and go to war, long war of attrition, both suffer worse than cooperating but neither as badly as Freeland in option 2.

  • @lexsite
    @lexsite 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These are essentially basic concepts a students of public international law learns. Oppenheimer has authored a treatise on it.

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @DomeSwag Well the problem with that is treating THE ENTIRE of the Second World War as a single iteration isn't accurate as different states join iteratively.
    The Prisoner's dilemma is not so rigid, especially using probability over pure cost.
    You could just as easily say there is no real prisoner's dilemma by looking at the way suspects are actually treated by the legal system such as additional evidence and not depending entirely on stool-pigeons.
    The lesson of trust remains.

  • @CrimeaRiver
    @CrimeaRiver 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well spoken, Organ Freeman!

  • @yoyoyoy500
    @yoyoyoy500 12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "War is the last resort of the incompetent"-Isaac Asimov,Foundation

    • @cdle007
      @cdle007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A ludicrous statement said by an overrated writer that did not know anything about reality, just fantasy.

    • @twomp5613
      @twomp5613 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cdle007 based

  • @ryanrgarza
    @ryanrgarza 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sometimes you have to take the lesser of two evils. Yes. The opposing side believes that as well. Only one of the sides is right though.

    • @sollertiskhan3254
      @sollertiskhan3254 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope. Only one side wins. And the side that wins will be assumed to be right in history

    • @jakejohnson6763
      @jakejohnson6763 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s rarely a “right and wrong” side. Things just aren’t black and white, everything ends up being gray and muddy.

    • @ryanrgarza
      @ryanrgarza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jakejohnson6763 I agree with you now. I clicked the notifications button on youtube after three years. My opinion has changed.
      Right and wrong are muddy.

  • @OhBoyILoveTomatoes
    @OhBoyILoveTomatoes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Doin homework from my Global Politics class pray for me

  • @ShlttyBill
    @ShlttyBill 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That would be two eyes for two eyes. An eye for an eye leaves the world monocular.

  • @miretchin
    @miretchin 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great stuff

  • @Adski91
    @Adski91 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Meanwhile millions died in Rwanda because we wanted peace. Is genocide now just a "problem" of peace?

  • @MGsven
    @MGsven 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @DBDMotorsports i know, thats my point

  • @SequentiallyCompact
    @SequentiallyCompact 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just war is a philosophical theory debated by students and professors of philosophy. It is not a soundbite.

  • @SecularMentat
    @SecularMentat 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Hillhermit Pre-emptive self defense? (This is where The best defense is a good offense) Idea comes from as well. Attack when, or before your enemy attacks to take the brunt out of their attack on you, it has worked well historically.
    I do agree though, of all 'unecessary harm' claims thats the one that makes the most sense for necessary harm.

  • @JLDreamer289
    @JLDreamer289 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agreed!

  • @troooooper100
    @troooooper100 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @iamorganfreeman No, It saves four more if done justifiably under main law. And grantees much more peaceful future.

  • @DCCDavid
    @DCCDavid 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    No, that would make the world half blind.

  • @asfafffww88
    @asfafffww88 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everything can be justified.

    • @VX-cy4du
      @VX-cy4du 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      If youre a subjectivist

  • @TheUkaners
    @TheUkaners 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ApocAlypse6275 "Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless."-Adolf Hitler

  • @সনিদাশ
    @সনিদাশ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just War Theory

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    War is a prisoner's dilemma.

  • @exby
    @exby 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @bloodyvamp77 indeed but how is @answerOfstupids a bad person? is that a legitimate accusal based on a single statement? It's the same generalization...

  • @BLADEfan753
    @BLADEfan753 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i feel bad for you

  • @alilapointe1
    @alilapointe1 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    indeed

  • @iamorganfreeman
    @iamorganfreeman 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Organ Freeman, i see what you did there

  • @rmat9023
    @rmat9023 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    240p in 2011? ok

  • @iamorganfreeman
    @iamorganfreeman 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @answerOfstupids "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"

  • @nightstreetWalker
    @nightstreetWalker ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny how now in 2023 it sounds wrong to include "women" as non-combatants.

  • @casusbelli9225
    @casusbelli9225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A warmongering hypocrite.

  • @MGsven
    @MGsven 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    why young men, where did gender equality go? :P

  • @robban94h
    @robban94h 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    alright man

  • @PeterD2S
    @PeterD2S 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So men aren't civilians?

  • @reddstammers3998
    @reddstammers3998 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    gabe Roberts has horrid BO please spread this message

  • @Mohamed-bm6yk
    @Mohamed-bm6yk ปีที่แล้ว

    Christians: the prophet mohamed was a Warlord
    Me: read

  • @troooooper100
    @troooooper100 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    @Mr702Gamer What your saying is right, but what your claiming is wrong. I never said that. I said what army has done is nothing but kill. Rebellions, civilians, and counter forces all in name of supposed terrorism. We all know where the next most wanted terrorist might have its hq hidden just gotta look at the stats of which developing country has more oil. Very simple.

  • @PartyChicken407
    @PartyChicken407 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was hoping for answers not questions I already asked myself. Big think : you need to go more in depth on this one.

  • @lorantmena9935
    @lorantmena9935 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is not Peace my friend. Peace is an absolute & universal language.

  • @aevans03
    @aevans03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I don't understand why people don't see this theory as evil

  • @123G-r4d
    @123G-r4d 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Child molestation? your move.

  • @BLADEfan753
    @BLADEfan753 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    it is also justified for world domination...lol

  • @scottsmith4178
    @scottsmith4178 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just War theory is an extra-Biblical concoction contrived to contravene the commands of Christ (Matthew 5:38-39, 43-44). When an American is asked who won World War II, the answer is invariably "We did." It is never "God did." We give ourselves glory for saving the world, but does God deserve any glory, and if so, how much? If Christians had not participated in the killing and destruction of that (or any) war, where would that leave God and His creation? In other words, what would God do if ALL Christians obeyed Christ by loving their enemies and not resisting evil persons, rather than killing them? Would He be furious with us and refuse to help us? Would He be powerless to stop the servants of Satan from taking over the world, powerless to carry out the Second Coming, and ultimately, powerless to avoid the loss of His creation? If so, Satan would be delighted for us to obey Christ so faithfully. But many examples in the Bible demonstrate God’s ability and willingness to destroy transgressors without human assistance. If He’s not powerless, He doesn’t needChristians to disobey Christ to save His creation. If He doesn’t need us to disobey Christ, why should we? Can we not trust God for an outcome that is acceptable to Him? It's His world, after all, not ours. Let Him take responsibility for the consequences of our obedience. Let Him decide who will populate and rule His world (Nazis, communists, Islamists or maybe people who aren’t so scary) and whether your race and culture will survive. If God isn’t willing for your enemies to rule, they won't. In the first three centuries, the Church came closest to realizing the ideal of loving enemies - a rejection of violence that did not result in calamity for God (but apparently did for Satan). He doesn’t seem to be too anxious about it since He wants us to repay evil with good (war is repaying evil with evil, but no accommodation is made for a "necessary evil" [Rom 3:8]). Does that guarantee our personal safety - that we won’t partake in the sufferings of Christ? No. But if you’re willing to die for something Jesus never promoted - political freedoms - you should be willing to die for what was important to him - the kingdom of God, which exists across cultures. In pursuit of perfect love, let go of your fears and fall into the hands of God, trusting Him to decide whether to allow our enemies to send us on to heaven, or enslave us, or neither. If enslaved, refer to 1 Peter 2:18-21 and pray for your human master to become a brother.
    This is what's expected of followers of the Prince of Peace. He said, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate…even his own life - he cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26)
    www.kingdomofgodflag.info/thoughtsonpeace.html

  • @TheZairae
    @TheZairae 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    He looks like Howard Zinn with a big nose.

  • @chiffmonkey
    @chiffmonkey 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there not a significant counter argument that war isn't the only way to resolve such issues?
    I mean, where the hell is the pacifying weapons development budget? Nowhere to be seen.

    • @trsmitty5793
      @trsmitty5793 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, there are many philosophers who speak of the Philosophy of Love, and Philosophy of Politics.

    • @MaisieDaisyUpsadaisy
      @MaisieDaisyUpsadaisy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      chiffmonkey These "pacifists", though, tend not to be listened to.

  • @qigong1001
    @qigong1001 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, that was a waste of a few minutes. Oops! Just wasted another half a minute on this comment.

  • @eliebouroufail7107
    @eliebouroufail7107 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No war is just and jesus on the cross is the proof

  • @KCatalano88
    @KCatalano88 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He spent that whole time talking and he barely said a single thing.

  • @MeekErinovski
    @MeekErinovski 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ya'll Godd-deeeem hippiess - Waar if fa Men argghh : O

  • @exby
    @exby 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    what a hypocrite @volound
    and your words aren't generalizing or what?

  • @alexsiryj
    @alexsiryj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just war is bullshit.

    • @alexsiryj
      @alexsiryj ปีที่แล้ว

      I fell into a kind of psychological trap where I thought EVERYTHING I did was justified and permitted me to do whatever I liked and look where I ended up: nearly killed, impoverished, facing judgement before the people I supposedly loved, and a case of severe severe mental disorder.

  • @heatherdavie
    @heatherdavie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great idea, unfortunately ISIS & Al Qaeda don't believe in these rules, it is a pity hatred can not be stamped out. The world would be a much better place without politics & religion.

  • @micaeltatro
    @micaeltatro 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    there is no reason for war, infact Christ commands us to live our enemies and pray for those who PERSECUTE us

    • @Meekseek
      @Meekseek 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +michael tatro the psychopaths running this planet including the Pope & his nwo do not give a damn fig about humanity, war is their answer to everything. There is a war going on over your head
      it's called geoengineering and it's a military deployment and we're being loaded up with metal nano particles, same with gmo same with vaccines they are all tools of war.

    • @hannahsears8851
      @hannahsears8851 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +michael tatro While this is true, in the Old Testament in the Bible, God commanded Israel into battle multiple times. On several occasions God wiped out or threatened to wipe out civilizations e.g Tarsus, Noah's Ark, Jericho.

    • @dsnooz
      @dsnooz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Hannah Sears let me point out one major thing you overlooked: he said "as Christians..."
      Christianity, obviously, is the belief that Christ is the messiah.
      When Jesus was questioned about Jewish law by lawyers, he summed up the whole law and prophets (Old Testament) by saying love your neighbor and love God.

  • @NoName-lq7kt
    @NoName-lq7kt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    JEW