Rianne Heartfilia's Reviews > Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument With Historical Illustrations
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bookshelves: male-narrator, non-fiction, read-in-2018, did-not-finish, research
Dec 17, 2018
bookshelves: male-narrator, non-fiction, read-in-2018, did-not-finish, research
So I read this because I wrote an essay about one of his articles. The thing is that he writes a very interesting concept and I would consider writing another essay about it because there are still a lot of questions.
I do have to say what was very annoying were the little stars, in which Walzer keeps explaining something, later on, I always missed them so at the end of the page I was like: oh shit. Also the fact that he kept referring to things in the future: "I would say this later on in this and this chapter." Nice but I am reading the discussion now. I do understand you do that from time to time considering you can't say everything all at once but it was not once or twice, it was a lot of times. Which was disappointing.
At least this book makes me more interested in reading a bit more but I have to get my hands on stories/books like this that are interesting. It is a tiring subject from time to time and some distinctions aren't clear to me still.
I do have to say what was very annoying were the little stars, in which Walzer keeps explaining something, later on, I always missed them so at the end of the page I was like: oh shit. Also the fact that he kept referring to things in the future: "I would say this later on in this and this chapter." Nice but I am reading the discussion now. I do understand you do that from time to time considering you can't say everything all at once but it was not once or twice, it was a lot of times. Which was disappointing.
At least this book makes me more interested in reading a bit more but I have to get my hands on stories/books like this that are interesting. It is a tiring subject from time to time and some distinctions aren't clear to me still.
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Reading Progress
November 1, 2018
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Started Reading
November 1, 2018
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December 5, 2018
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8.25%
"How can you as a general not get the blame for doing something wrong? General Sherman doesn't want soldiers to get the blame for killing in a war that they did not start. But what about raping the women? Killing the innocent that do not belong in that fight? That's not part of the job."
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33
December 9, 2018
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27.25%
"But if we talk about a community and the state can be seen as a community, what is a military community? The idea of only mentioning: I will discuss this later starts to annoy as well. Good for you but than I forgot what the discussion is about."
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109
December 9, 2018
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31.5%
"I still dont understand the difference between the agression factor of the war or just war. What is the destinction and what is it based on? Is am agression factor in a war immediately making it an unjust one?"
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126
December 17, 2018
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male-narrator
December 17, 2018
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non-fiction
December 17, 2018
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read-in-2018
December 17, 2018
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Finished Reading
January 20, 2019
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did-not-finish
May 5, 2020
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research