To be fair, pretty sure the Doctrine of Double Effect was first discussed by Thomas Aquinas in 1485, so I don't think it was literally cooked up by philosophy PhDs for the military.
Ya I don't mean to say they invented the school of thought. More that they're being paid to entrench/normalize it in academia. The military funds more philosophy papers than any other org, to push their agenda. Someone looking through the literature might think it's just a 'fair and balanced marketplace of ideas', but it's of course not.
To be fair, pretty sure the Doctrine of Double Effect was first discussed by Thomas Aquinas in 1485, so I don't think it was literally cooked up by philosophy PhDs for the military.
Ya I don't mean to say they invented the school of thought. More that they're being paid to entrench/normalize it in academia. The military funds more philosophy papers than any other org, to push their agenda. Someone looking through the literature might think it's just a 'fair and balanced marketplace of ideas', but it's of course not.