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Eugine_Nier comments on Terrorist baby down the well: a look at institutional forces - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 18 March 2014 02:30PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 March 2014 03:49:49AM 3 points [-]

It's not just that. A lot of our ethical injunctions need to be suspected during wartime, thus it makes sense to be suspicious of attempts to make use of this loophole by expanding the definition of "war".