After reconstructing in a previous article the thought of Thomas Aquinas on the morality of the war, if certain conditions are respected, in the present article I critique some of the theses of Thomas himself, in large part by applying the ethical thought he expounded in various works, reaching, on some points of the ethics of war, to different conclusions from his own. In addition I attempt some personal moral reflections on the morality of certain conducts that take place in war. The themes I deal with are: the looting committed by soldiers fighting a just war and, in general, the actions against civilians (including embargoes and sanctions); the morality of soldiers fighting an unjust war (e.g.: should they desert/surrender? Must they do so even when the war is in an advanced state and the civilians of their people are at risk of massacre?); the condemnation of any false assertion during a war (I argue that there are false assertions uttered in the course of wars that are not lies); the prohibition/permission for clerics to fighting.
Dopo aver ricostruito in un precedente articolo il pensiero di Tommaso d’Aquino sull’eticità della guerra, se e quando vengono rispettate alcune condizioni, nel presente articolo critico alcune tesi dello stesso Tommaso, in larga parte applicando il pensiero etico da lui esposto in varie opere, pervenendo, su alcuni punti dell’etica della guerra, a conclusioni diverse dalle sue. Inoltre tento alcune riflessioni morali personali sull’eticità di alcune condotte che si svolgono in guerra. I temi che tratto sono: i saccheggi commessi dai soldati che combattono una guerra giusta e, in generale, le condotte contro i civili (compresi embarghi e sanzioni); la moralità dei soldati che combattono una guerra ingiusta (per es.: devono disertare/arrendersi? Devono farlo anche quando la guerra è in stato avanzato e i civili del loro popolo rischiano il massacro?); la condanna di ogni asserzione falsa in guerra (sostengo che ci sono delle asserzioni false proferite durante le guerre che non sono menzogne); il divieto/liceità per i chierici di combattere.
Samek Lodovici, G., Etica della guerra: alcune critiche a Tommaso d’Aquino. E qualche riflessione morale aggiuntiva, <<FORUM>>, 2024; (10): 183-206. [doi:10.17421/2498-9746-10-12] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/292596]
Etica della guerra: alcune critiche a Tommaso d’Aquino. E qualche riflessione morale aggiuntiva
Samek Lodovici, Giacomo
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2024
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After reconstructing in a previous article the thought of Thomas Aquinas on the morality of the war, if certain conditions are respected, in the present article I critique some of the theses of Thomas himself, in large part by applying the ethical thought he expounded in various works, reaching, on some points of the ethics of war, to different conclusions from his own. In addition I attempt some personal moral reflections on the morality of certain conducts that take place in war. The themes I deal with are: the looting committed by soldiers fighting a just war and, in general, the actions against civilians (including embargoes and sanctions); the morality of soldiers fighting an unjust war (e.g.: should they desert/surrender? Must they do so even when the war is in an advanced state and the civilians of their people are at risk of massacre?); the condemnation of any false assertion during a war (I argue that there are false assertions uttered in the course of wars that are not lies); the prohibition/permission for clerics to fighting.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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