The very concept of a justified enemy collapses under logical scrutiny

Evidence

It is redundant, however, to speak of an “unjust enemy” in a state of nature; for a state of nature is itself a condition of injustice. A just enemy would be one that I would be doing wrong by resisting; but then he would also not be my enemy. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 398

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• DEFINE: A rigorous logical definition of what an enemy can and cannot be — an enemy is by definition someone one is not wrong to resist.
• DEEPTHINKING: A compressed paradox: if justice is absent in the natural state, then ‘enemy’ as a moral category is logically unstable — the concept quietly dissolves under its own definition.

Related

• The state of nature is by definition a condition of enmity and injustice. (similarity 0.86)
• The enemy resists ontological definition despite asserting a threatening essence (similarity 0.83)
• The enemy exceeds the human, arising from appetites and potentiality rather than identity (similarity 0.81)
• Enmity is derivative of human potentiality, not a primary relation (similarity 0.80)
• The enemy concept lacks integrity and must be plural to function (similarity 0.79)
• The enemy must be a living totality whose negation is perilous (similarity 0.78)
• The enemy, like sovereignty, resists coherent philosophical thought. (similarity 0.78)