Antiwar sentiment rises from threatened common humanity, not just casualties

Evidence

Perhaps that is also what Diamond means when she remarks that what is at stake in the fact of shooting or not shooting a naked soldier is the fate of our “common humanity.” She goes on to say, “It was the fear that the sense of common humanity had been eroded by the Vietnam War that made that war such a divisive one for this country.” So antiwar sentiment developed not solely because “our boys” were dying, not solely through “an aversion to losses,” but also and perhaps above all because a common humanity was involved in what was happening, and that was what was in danger of being lost. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 629

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in the moral obligation to kill and how war erodes shared ethical norms. — connects to: Human emotions protect civilians by restraining lethal military force — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1135; Communities have greeted the outbreak of war with festive, childlike curiosity rather than dread — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 377; Unrestricted warfare destroys the mutual confidence needed for any peace — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 296

Related

• Unrestricted warfare destroys the mutual confidence needed for any peace (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Unrestricted warfare destroys the mutual confidence needed for any peace #expands (0.78) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 296
• Human emotions protect civilians by restraining lethal military force #corroborates (0.70) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1135
• Communities have greeted the outbreak of war with festive, childlike curiosity rather than dread #complicates (0.50) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 377