Michael Walzer quotes

Michael Walzer quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“For as long as men and women have talked about war, they have talked about it in terms of right and wrong. And for almost as long, some among them have derided such talk, called it a charade, insisted that war lies beyond (or beneath) moral judgment. War is a world apart, where life itself is at stake, where human nature is reduced to its elemental forms, where self-interest and necessity prevail. Here men and women do what they must to save themselves and their communities, and morality and law have no place. Inter arma silent leges: in time of war the law is silent.”
-- Michael Walzer

Source : Michael Walzer (2015). “Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations”, p.26, Basic Books

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“Many people have written about the economic meaning of globalization; in One World Peter Singer explains its moral meaning. His position is carefully developed, his tone is moderate, but his conclusions are radical and profound. No political theorist or moral philosopher, no public official or political activist, can afford to ignore his arguments.”
-- Michael Walzer

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“We don't call war hell because it is fought without restraint. It is more nearly right to say that, when certain restraints are passed, the hellishness of war drives us to break with every remaining restraint in order to win. Here is the ultimate tyranny: those who resist aggression are forced to imitate, and perhaps even to exceed, the brutality of the aggressor.”
-- Michael Walzer

Source : Michael Walzer (2015). “Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations”, p.50, Basic Books

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