GS231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Jus Ad Bellum, Liberal Wars, Just War Theory
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From prion justification to recursive a posterirori recursivee reasoning order-securing violence of empire= invoking humanity + war to end war . Was as security + risk management (coker. War as risky +institution of war subsumed by security. War is more of a risk but aids in being able to see things we dont realize. Enlightenment" + consequence management" + the securitization of insecurity. Ruling resembles the disaster/accident/crisis allegedly being averted affects + potential politics + preemption Uncertainty and risk are very useful if onto power works in this way. While one presumes the other, not so much justice as justification. Rumsfeld + zizek on the epistemology of intelligence decision-making and war known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns, and unknown knowns. Unknown knowns are things that we dont realize but willingly allow to guide our decisions and actions. Mcnamara on the fog of war: are we omniscient. The inverted triangle = general to specific.
