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The Oppressed Still Have Moral Duties

The Oppressed Still Have Moral Duties

Fighting fire with fire has its limits.

Hear Me Out · Celeste Headlee

December 5, 202330m 23s

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Show Notes

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… atrocities beget atrocities.


The war in Gaza is ongoing, and brutal – and on this show we’ve discussed whether you, as an observer, have a responsibility to speak out about it… or to even choose a side between Israelis and Palestinians. This week, we take a different angle: who has a responsibility, in war, to do what? And not do what? And to whom? 


Michael Walzer, author and professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, joins us to argue that even the oppressed have obligations


If you have thoughts you want to share, or an idea for a topic we should tackle, you can email the show: [email protected]


Podcast production by Maura Currie.


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