The war is an absolute tragedy. Why is there even a question mark behind self-defense? And why “Ukraine must win” is the wrong tone.
Matthias Beck on the prohibition of killing, on the duty to protect people and on the asymmetry of attacker and defender.
Does the death of even a single Ukrainian soldier mean anything to freedom and democracy or so-called Western values? Or isn’t every death in war pointless? Matthias Beck: War is meaningless, killing is meaningless, it contradicts the mandate to create. The Ten Commandments say you shall not kill, actually it says: You shall not…