45 - Humane War feat. Samuel Moyn

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Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

Clif Mark

47 episodes

9 months ago

This episode is a crossover collabo with Graham Culbertson of the Everyday Anarchism podcast. Graham asked me over to talk Athenian democracy, Plato, anarchism and how modern meritocratic education sucks. We had a nice time with it and hope you do too. Support the show

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45 - Humane War feat. Samuel Moyn

Good in Theory: A Political Philosophy Podcast

1 hour 5 minutes

3 years ago

45 - Humane War feat. Samuel Moyn

War tends to bring out the human propensity for atrocity. Nobody likes indiscriminate killing, torture and so on. What to do about it? One response is to avoid war altogether. According to Yale prof Samuel Moyn, that’s what most people wanted after World War II and after Vietnam. But more recently, he’s noticed a shift. Now, politicians, especially in America, are focussing on making more humane. Leaders like Obama say they’ll make war as ‘clean’ as possible by using drone strikes and special...