ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a philosophical overview of some of the deeper thoughts from which particular concerns can be derived. War is a philosophical problem (Moseley 2002): it is a comment that captures the broader vision of war that must be taken by anyone turning their thoughts to wars and warfare: to do any less is to renounce mind, thought, conscience, and personal authenticity. The philosophical warrior recognizes that life may be a set of variations on a theme but the theme is worth defending. In contrast to the psychologically boosting duality of good versus evil, which certainly promotes purpose but also arrogance, relativism weakens philosophical causes in its assumption that the principles of good and right conduct are different for different people; its offhanded attitude to morality undermines any attempt to explore the underlying philosophical nature of the good generally described by classical liberals as the sacred status of human life.
