Prince Caspian, Natural Law and Just War Theory »
Posted by: populist 3 months, 1 week agoIt helps shed some light on the difference between the modern wars that we read about in the news and the more righteous version of organized, armed conflict as depicted in the fiction of C.S. Lewis, who, "a believer in Natural Moral Law. . . thought that certain things were naturally good and other things were naturally bad."
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1-2-Oscar3 months, 1 week ago
It is significant that Michael Ward chose C. S. Lewis' work as the archtypical presentation of "just war" or "moral war." The "Narnia" series has popularly been argued to present a "Christian" viewpoint and is often used to discredit Christian concepts, including that of "moral war." But the reality is that overtly non-Christian writers, such as J. R. R. Tolkein, have advanced the same concept.
Personally, I think that some things and some ideas are inherently "good," because they enhance both personal freedom and social understanding and cooperation, and some things are inherently "evil" because they damage both. It is in that context that "moral war" exists--it is not defined by any particular religious view. C. S. Lewis seems to agree.
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