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News: March/April 2003

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APA votes on anti-war resolution

At the recent meeting in Philadelphia of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association, members elected to hold a mail ballot on the following resolution:

“Members of the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association express our serious doubts about the morality, legality and prudence of a war against Iraq led by the United States.

Both just war theory and international law say that states may resort to war only in self-defence. Iraq has not attacked the United States, and claims that it is about to do so are not credible. Even in the absence of imminent threat, the United States claims a preemptive justification for war in this case. This claim stretches the meaning of preemption beyond reasonable bounds and sets a dangerous precedent which other states may feel free to follow.

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