Are Pre-Emptive Strikes Morally Permissible?
Some claim not, but both the law and ethics of self-defense say they can be.
The tweet bugged me. A prominent Catholic magazine editor claimed that, “If you are Catholic, you can’t morally justify ‘preemptive’ strikes,” presumably due to current international law.
He was referring, of course, to Israel’s then-recent attack on Iranian nuclear research facilities and researchers.
It stopped me.
My first reaction was, Huh? So I …
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