2006-10-24 11:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by lafeyette 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes war is ethical. When all forms of diplomatic action have failed, than war becomes a viable choice for a country.
A war is a clash between two wills. One nation will try to impose its will on another.
2006-10-24 11:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by DW 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
War is not ethical and should only be waged in defense of those who are attacked or life threatened and are powerless to resist. Even in defense, killing others is not ethical. But to defend the moral majority, it's sometimes necessary.
2006-10-24 11:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. Logical 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, when Nort Korea decides its time to start getting into the nuke program and becomes a threat, we need to do sometihng. When Al Quida (sp?) thought it's cool to blow up some of our stuff its then a just war, and for Christians thats all that matters. I am Buddhist, and also a Marine, I live to shoot sh!t, I've been to Iraq and saw that it needed to be reformed, what most people see on TV isnt the half of it, they show olny the bad stuff.
2006-10-24 11:25:53 · answer #3 · answered by t j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be--
If an army is conducting genocide, is it not ethical to stop that?
If a country invades all their surrounding countries to take over a continent, is it not ethical to help those who have had their sovreignty taken away?
Iraq '91 -- ethical to an extent.
Iraq 03 -- not.
2006-10-24 11:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
War can be considered ethical if is to prevent powers
that be to attack American intrests.In this age that we
live in it is impossible to prevent wars.The ethical
standards are declining rapidly worldwide.War is not
ethical but is needed to preserve our way of life.
2006-10-24 11:38:26 · answer #5 · answered by dan l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
was is used to preserve ethics. if it is used correctly. examples Hitler waged war on jews to create a superior race. (not used correctly) Aliance went to war to stop this treatment of jews. (used correctly)
ethics is what is used for people to coexist without strife.
2006-10-24 11:27:47 · answer #6 · answered by CaptainObvious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on how you, yourself, look at the situation. in my opinion, war is wrong. especially when there is no strong evidence supporting that there should be war. for example, if your talking about the war in Iraq, president Bush had rushed to war so that UN weapon inspectors couldn't finish there work. which would have proved that Iraq had no WMD's. And how did he rush to war? he fed the US propaganda about how "Iraq is planning to build WMD's" and so millions of voters rushed to the polls saying "Georgie, help us!" and thus led to the war in Iraq.
2006-10-24 11:31:32 · answer #7 · answered by throwxitxallxaway 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can it be when people are getting murdered.
2006-10-24 11:45:59 · answer #8 · answered by mar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the circumstances....sometimes yes, sometimes no.
2006-10-24 11:29:46 · answer #9 · answered by Albert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be. It also can be unethical.
2006-10-24 11:45:14 · answer #10 · answered by sjsosullivan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋