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Marino on 'just war' theory

By David Gonnerman '90
January 11, 2009

"How much harm can a nation legitimately deliver to make itself feel safe?" asks St. Olaf Professor of Philosophy Gordon Marino in "Justice must still justify the means," a piece he wrote for the St. Petersburg Times (and that was expanded from a piece that he originally wrote for the Huffington Post). "Is everything permissible after the call to arms?"

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.