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Just War
10th June 2020: 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm BST
The philosophical case against war: What war looks like after modern war has stripped away the illusions – Edward Hadas
Warfare changes over time, and the philosophers of just war struggle to keep up. Frank Ledwidge, author and military historian, and Edward Hadas, Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, will help restore the balance with two lectures on 3rd June and 10th June 2020 at 6pm. The first deals with the decreasing ability to win conventional military conflicts and military forces’ increasing reliance on destroying the lives and livelihoods of non-combatants. The second lecture argues for a philosophical reevaluation of war, since these trends sharply reduce the possibility of justice in warfare.
Edward Hadas is a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford. His book Counsels of Imperfections: Thinking Through Catholic Social Teaching will be published in the autumn by Catholic University of America Press. He is also a financial journalist who writes regularly for Reuters Breakingviews.
The event is free and open to all.
Contact:
Las Casas Institute
lascasas@bfriars.ox.ac.uk