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Just and Unjust Wars by Michael Walzer
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it was ok
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.
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Reading Progress

November 1, 2018 – Started Reading
November 1, 2018 – Shelved
December 5, 2018 –
page 33
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."
December 9, 2018 –
page 109
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."
December 9, 2018 –
page 126
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?"
December 13, 2018 –
page 250
62.5%
December 17, 2018 – Shelved as: male-narrator
December 17, 2018 – Shelved as: non-fiction
December 17, 2018 – Shelved as: read-in-2018
December 17, 2018 – Finished Reading
January 20, 2019 – Shelved as: did-not-finish
May 5, 2020 – Shelved as: research

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