Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe...
by dragonwriter on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:40PM
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> The point is to remove Hamas from a position of power. If that happens with fewer casualties, do they then continue war and kill a few more just to be "proportionate"?
Proportionality is a maximum limitation in just war theory, not a measure of minimum acceptable violence. (The same is generally true in more personal law when proportionality is a component of self-defense provisions.)
> Also regard 2, if you genuinely feel your cause is just, the result you want is unconditional surrender.
No, you want a resolution with acceptable conditions which align with your cause: unconditional surrender necessarily achieves that, but it is by no means generally necessary.
Proportionality is a maximum limitation in just war theory, not a measure of minimum acceptable violence. (The same is generally true in more personal law when proportionality is a component of self-defense provisions.)
> Also regard 2, if you genuinely feel your cause is just, the result you want is unconditional surrender.
No, you want a resolution with acceptable conditions which align with your cause: unconditional surrender necessarily achieves that, but it is by no means generally necessary.