A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Okay, so what have I been reading?

Stuff on the ethics of war, mostly. I recently finished Robert L. Holmes’ On War and Morality.

Also, various articles:

Reading Holmes and Calhoun in particular has convinced me that the “principle of double effect” is more problematic than I had thought. I am no longer sure it can be used to justify the unintentional but forseeable killing of civilians during war.

More on this later, probably.

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