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The American Scholar - Moral Principle vs. Military Necessity - By...

kevinjjones discovered 10 months ago
"Cruelty and revenge had no place in Lieber's concept of war, and he insisted that soldiers pay heed to the effects their actions would have after the guns fell silent. "Military necessity," he insisted, "does not include any act of hostility which makes the return to peace ... more
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kevinjjones rated 10 months agoethics, military, iraq
"Cruelty and revenge had no place in Lieber's concept of war, and he insisted that soldiers pay heed to the effects their actions would have after the guns fell silent. "Military necessity," he insisted, "does not include any act of hostility which makes the return to peace unnecessarily difficult.""