Holy war doctrine demands emotional hatred that compassion-based theology forbids.
Evidence
In fighting an enemy, it is not absolutely necessary to hate him, but it is better for morale, and therefore for military effectiveness, if one does. Neither Christian nor Muslim teaching enjoins hatred of the infidel enemy. The desired emotion is rather compassion, giving rise to the desire to convert him to the true faith and share one’s good fortune with him. This does not, however, fit well with launching and fighting a holy war. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1025
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Intense hatred of foes destroys empathy that would restrain killing — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2217; Forcing a perpetrator to confront his victim’s humanity can dissolve hatred into compassion. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 665; Just-war doctrine itself enables disguising atrocities as moral action — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 345 (+3 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Intense hatred of foes destroys empathy that would restrain killing — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2217; Forcing a perpetrator to confront his victim’s humanity can dissolve hatred into compassion. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 665; Just-war doctrine itself enables disguising atrocities as moral action — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 345 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Hate requires love for the threatened ingroup as a precondition
#complicates(0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2283 - Forcing a perpetrator to confront his victim’s humanity can dissolve hatred into compassion.
#complicates(0.78) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 665