Comment Comment by cherry_tree https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/war/just/preemptive.shtml#:~:te...> One ethical expert (Michael Walzer) has put forward some conditions that he thinks must be satisfied to justify a pre-emptive strike:>an obvious intention to do injury>active preparations that turn that intention into a positive danger>a situation in which the risk of defeat will be greatly increased if the fight is delayedIs there evidence of these three important points to justify this attack as “preemptive”? parent cherry_tree 1 year ago
> One ethical expert (Michael Walzer) has put forward some conditions that he thinks must be satisfied to justify a pre-emptive strike:
>an obvious intention to do injury
>active preparations that turn that intention into a positive danger
>a situation in which the risk of defeat will be greatly increased if the fight is delayed
Is there evidence of these three important points to justify this attack as “preemptive”?