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kleinbl00 · 4309 days ago · link · · parent · post: [PDF] Dorner's Manifesto - Can evil be justified?

for the same reason targeting civilians in war isn't.

A recent development, sociologically speaking, and one that is mostly lip service.

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user-inactivated · 4309 days ago · link ·

Aquinas is hardly recent, and the norm is well established. That it's often violated is a separate thing. Carjacking happens a lot too, but we still frown on it.

+discuss+discuss

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cgod · 4309 days ago · link ·

Aquinas never set the standards of military campaigning. Killing civilians was the preferred method of fighting your enemy for most of history, and still is in some places. Your "norm" is pretty recent and isn't really the norm, not for the U.S. and not for anyone else.