Open Letter Calls War ‘Morally Necessary’
Sixty leading intellectuals, mostly high-powered academics who study ethics, religion and public policy at American universities and think tanks, will issue an open letter today explaining why they believe the war on terrorism is necessary and just.
“There are times when waging war is not only morally permitted, but morally necessary, as a response to calamitous acts of violence, hatred and injustice. This is one of those times,” the letter says.
Among the signers of “What We’re Fighting For: A Letter From America” are ex-senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), now a professor at Syracuse University; Francis Fukuyama of Johns Hopkins University; James Q. Wilson of UCLA; and Samuel P. Huntington and Theda Skocpol of Harvard.
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