At 10:53 PM 8/8/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 10:31 PM >Subject: Re: Objective Evil > > >> At 10:14 PM 8/8/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >> >> >>And dropping bombs on Saddam Hussein's armies was not evil. >> >> > >> >> >So, the action of killing conscripts of Hussein, many of whom are >there >> >> >because they had no choice, in inherently an acceptable action? >> > >> >> You are changing the subject. Not once have I ever said that it was >> >> "inherently acceptable", I merely said that it was *not* "inherently >> >> evil." >> > >> >but you also said: >> > >> >The killing of innocent people is an objective evil. (True) >> > >> >So, the logical conclusion is that you believe that the soldiers in >> >Hussein's army are not innocent because they accepted their conscription >> >instead of death or torture. Is that it? >> >> Yes, I do not believe that they are "innocent." I think that even you >> would describe them as having chosen the "lesser evil", would you not? >In >> which, case, they are still engaging in evil. > >As I would think of anyone who engages in killing. Killing another human >being is an inherently evil act. You are arguing that the end justifies >the means. War cannot be justified as an end in itself, it must be >justified by another end.
I disagree that killing anorther human being is an inherently evil act. Killing an innocent human being directly (murder) is an inherently evil act. If, however, killing another human being is an inherently evil act, then I would be guilty of a mortal sin by taking a vacation and ordering take-out-pizza instead of sending all of my consumption spending to assist refugees in Darfur or fund mosquito nets in Congo. >As an aside; do you agree with the bishops that our nuclear deterrent was >inherently evil and should not have existed? My personal opinion - No. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
