Moral philosophy is now being deployed to facilitate war

Evidence

Another important point is that amid the general uncertainty fueled by a created crisis, lurking within the fog of war, large-scale intellectual maneuvers are in the offing and semantic coups are being plotted. In fact, a whole collection of theoretical offensives are being launched with the aim of appropriating, twisting, and redefining concepts that, by naming and theorizing violence, allow it to be legitimately exercised. More than ever, philosophy is a battlefield. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 122 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 2005 Kasher-Yadlin article reversed noncombatant and combatant priority in war ethics; O’Neal’s feelings towards his actions reflect a broader moral conflict in warfare. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 945; Drone warfare creates a new ethical-political norm neither war nor peace (+7 more)

Related

• Semantic and philosophical redefinitions are being weaponized to legitimate state violence. (similarity 0.83)
• Drone warfare creates a new ethical-political norm neither war nor peace (similarity 0.80)
• Jus in bello norms applied to drones convert combat ethics into necroethics (similarity 0.79)
• Drone warfare creates a new configuration that is neither war nor peace (similarity 0.78)
• Drones create a crisis in military ethos by contradicting traditional warrior values. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Semantic and philosophical redefinitions are being weaponized to legitimate state violence. #corroborates (0.85) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 122
• The 2005 Kasher-Yadlin article reversed noncombatant and combatant priority in war ethics #exemplifies (0.80)
• Empathy discourse is repurposed to legitimize mechanized killing #exemplifies (0.80)
• Drone warfare creates a new ethical-political norm neither war nor peace #expands (0.70)
• Jus in bello norms applied to drones convert combat ethics into necroethics #expands (0.70)
• Justifying everywhere war requires reviving the archaic category of common enemies of humanity #expands (0.70) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 830
• Human rights and democracy discourse replaced older imperial justifications for war #expands (0.65) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 403
• O’Neal’s feelings towards his actions reflect a broader moral conflict in warfare. #exemplifies (0.60) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 945