Ethics of War (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ethics of WarTo ensure peace we have often to disturb peace, and then the martial spirit that has been implanted in us by God for our safety comes into play. The protection of life and property is a common instinct, but it has often served as a pretext for oppression and tyranny We are not free from inordinacy, and if we need something to put us on the right path, Wder to restrain those who would otherwise be'beyond our control. In other words, we need ethics of war, as war is one of the essentials of our civilization, and a warrior-prophet was needed to act as ah exemplar in this respect. We fail to find any healthy principle of war in the Bible: The Israelite fighting aimed at the extinction of enemies, and sowed vengeance and rancour in human hearts. Since the Prince of Peace did not come for peace but for fire and sword, as he said himself, he asked his disciples to sell even their clothes in order to purchase wea pons of war. His mind seems to have been agog with various other high ¿own but contra dictory ideas, but he could neither digest them nor reconcile them to each other. He left his followers, as it were, a maze as regards military matters, and they began to walkknee -deep in human blood after him. They still do the same, though in a more refined manner, when any occasion arises.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.