"Oh of course I'm antiwar, because all my friends are antiwar, and war is, like, so lame, you know, but like, wouldn't it also be cool if Country X totally invaded and conquered Country Y? I mean, Country Y has weird food, they kinda deserve it. Anyway let's go to the mall!"
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Noah Smith 🐇 🇺🇦 Retweeted Jeet Heer
"An appropriate response to a war scenario I consider unrealistic is to advance a theory of just war in which wars of choice are justified by revanchism. Tee hee, ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer."https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1469725688429228035?t=4gGD3_gbD-QttvYjZREN3A&s=19 …
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What do you think of as the likelihood that China will invade Japan in, say, the next 20 years? 100%? 50%? 25%? 10%? Give me a number.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Suppose it's 0.1%. is it then not worth considering as a hypothetical in order to establish someone's theory of just war? Should our moral principles only be explored using highly likely war scenarios?
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Replying to @Noahpinion
I think the creation of highly unlikely hypothetical scenarios to justify militarism has a bad history. See Dick Cheney's one percent doctrine.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
You evade my question, Heer. Must moral principles be established using only highly likely hypotheticals?
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Replying to @Noahpinion
You evaded my earlier question. You haven't said what you think are the actual odds of China invading Japan. Also: a news program discussing current events is not a seminar on Kant.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I don't know the chance, and I am not so arrogant as to be willing to throw out a number with any degree of certainty. Now answer my question.
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I answered your question: I don't think a discussion of current events on radio is under the same rules a philosophy seminar. In the context of popular discourse, responding to to an absurd scenario (one you yourself won't commit to a number on) with a mocking answer is fine.
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The question was not war between China & Japan but what if China invades Japan. Is that a likelihood?
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I'm not certain why you're stressing "invading," especially given the likely red line for military intervention would hardly wait for troop transports off Hokkaido. Seems to be a bit of a distraction from the overall theme.
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