A big-budget journey into the jungle of Hollywood Aug 13, 2008
"Tropic Thunder" isn't about the morality of war. It's about the bad taste of producing certain war movies, the hubris not to take us to war, per se, but to repackage it as adventure. (Boston Globe)
When War and the Economy Collide Jul 2, 2008
One would dearly love to think that group-thought on a national level would have a much better chance of getting it right than someone crying out in the wilderness, especially when it comes to the great question of the morality of war and its connection to the economy and quality of life. But the facts do not bare this out. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Was it murder? Dec 28, 2006
But that still leaves unresolved the bigger question,which goes to the morality of war itself. Why is nobody punished for wartime actions that intentionally or as a foreseeable result kill hundreds of thousands of unarmed people, and why do we throw the book at soldiers in the field who, under tremendous pressure, make a terrible mistake. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Response to Goodbody on abortion issue Oct 24, 2006
Shall we never raise a question about the morality of war, consumerism, adultery, environmental pollution, corporate corruption, human trafficking, government duplicity, torture, or any other issue because we fear someone might get angry, or someone might respond with hostility. Or, is it only that Mr. Goodbody objects to raising moral questions about the particular issue of abortion. (The New Hampshire, NH)
Eye on Auraria Oct 12, 2006
Fiala says it is a mistake to label attacks on military targets as acts of terrorism and that, according to the just war tradition, "the morality of war depends on the reasons for fighting." He adds that it is disingenuous to claim that fighting the war on terror in Iraq will help prevent terrorism here. Check out some films with the American Indian Student Services Tuesday, Oct. 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. in Tivoli 329 and the join the Asian American Student Services for a film on... (UCD Advocate, CO)
War ethics include rules on killing Jul 9, 2006
Call it the morality of war: how to kill, but not murder. At a time when a flurry of criminal allegations have been raised against US troops -- charges or investigations in five separate cases alleging they gunned down unarmed Iraqis or detainees -- military personnel and their instructors insist ethics training is both vital and vibrant. (Boston Globe -- World)
War 101: Teaching the warrior's code Jul 9, 2006
Call it the morality of war: how to kill, but not murder. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
