Comments on: Understanding Afghanistan: The Application of Just War Theory http://publicethicsradio.org/2009/10/13/understanding-afghanistan-the-application-of-just-war-theory/ Engaging ethicists in discussion of pressing practical dilemmas Sat, 21 May 2011 16:21:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Matt http://publicethicsradio.org/2009/10/13/understanding-afghanistan-the-application-of-just-war-theory/#comment-127 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:37:37 +0000 http://publicethicsradio.org/?p=273#comment-127 Thanks for the comment, Alan. I feel the same uncertainty about whether just war theory can adequately describe the war for us. But I also suspect that there simply isn’t enough effort being made to apply the theory that’s out there to the war (or at least not in public). So hopefully we’re going to achieve that latter goal in this project. Our minds are very far from made up.

]]> By: Alan Shanley http://publicethicsradio.org/2009/10/13/understanding-afghanistan-the-application-of-just-war-theory/#comment-126 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:59:27 +0000 http://publicethicsradio.org/?p=273#comment-126 At the outset I felt that it was a “Just War” and thought the subsequent initial efforts by the Allies to reconstruct the country and put it on a democratic path were in accord with Just War theory.

Now, eight years later, it appears that the Allies are failing, if not failed, in the post war effort. The corruption and the shambolic elections are witnesses to this failure.

I also wonder whether the application of Just War Theory and its Jus post bellum are an adequate litmus test for assessing the conduct of the allies and if we need a different philosphical approach.

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