There is no shortage of physical courage in the military and its leadership. Many service members would find it easier to put their bodies in harm’s way than to speak publicly against wrongdoing in their own ranks and to suffer the professional and personal consequences.
Democracy: The Key to Avoiding Future Wars? (2)
In the Kantian framework, different kinds of agents pursue democracy at three levels: the individuals within a nation, the states in their relationships with one another and also with their citizens, and humankind. In this post we shall look at how individuals within a nation should behave if they want to truly abide by democratic principles. Should they rebel and when? Should they support war, and which type of war if any?