Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Relativism, Military Necessity, Asymmetric Warfare
3 Oct 2016
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Gross = does not privilege any moral theory, has about 3 lines of thought: 1) humanitarian thinking, 2) hobbesian pragmatism, 3) military necessity. Asymmetric war = legal, material, and moral asymmetry - disparity between both sides, relative military power, strategies, or tactics differ significantly. Gross and walzer conclude aw makes for a more complicated situation, but we must start with tjwt. Gross lists four types of asymmetric conflict what are they? (1) liberation struggles or car conflicts = (c - colonial domination) (a - alien occupation) (r - racist regimes) (2) proxy wars (3) international terrorism (4) humanitarian intervention. Gross" book is all about paradoxes and dilemmas connected to asymmetric war. The most important one, he says, is that between military necessity and humanitarianism. War = last resort, costly means to secure vital national interests where other means fail. Humanitarianism = prohibits unnecessary harm to combatants and.
