I think any sane human being can agree that while war was never a good idea, war in the 21st century is an absolutely intolerable one. The problem we currently face is that many of the forces driving world events towards an all-out war of “Mutually Assured Annihilation” are anything but sane.
Great article (as usual), thank you for that! However I cannot understand how it is possible to refer to certain principles of natural law "...(justice, love, goodness, etc)...." and "creative reason, or human nature", while at the same time pointing to some of the ideas of the current leaders of Russia and China. For neither state (not their culture, mind you, there's a difference) is particularly well-known for its policies regarding principles of natural law. As you rightly mentioned industrialisation, urbanisation and militarisation do not jive with elements such as care, solidarity and (personal) choice. Russia and China behave like an empire and their ruling elites are part of the same global oligarchy.
Great article (as usual), thank you for that! However I cannot understand how it is possible to refer to certain principles of natural law "...(justice, love, goodness, etc)...." and "creative reason, or human nature", while at the same time pointing to some of the ideas of the current leaders of Russia and China. For neither state (not their culture, mind you, there's a difference) is particularly well-known for its policies regarding principles of natural law. As you rightly mentioned industrialisation, urbanisation and militarisation do not jive with elements such as care, solidarity and (personal) choice. Russia and China behave like an empire and their ruling elites are part of the same global oligarchy.