Ytring i The Guradian av simon Tisdall:
From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always seems just out of reach – and the reason isn’t only political
Tisdall peker på "relativisme mht moral:
The curse of moral relativism provides a clue. The fact is, not everyone does agree. What is absolutely morally indefensible to one group of people is relatively permissible or justifiable to another. This has held true throughout human history. Yet today’s geopolitically and economically divided world is also ethically and morally fractured to a possibly unparalleled degree. Agreed, observed standards – what the American writer David Brooks terms a “permanent moral order” – are lacking.
The collapse of the international rules-based order is mirrored by this crisis of the moral order. Without accepted universal principles, the peaceful settlement of conflicts, foreign or domestic, becomes highly problematic.
Og så peker han på Folkeretten, Geneve-konensjonene, at der er ligger den omforente og gjeldende moral for krig og okkupasjon:
This very modern failure, this retreat into subjective, made-to-measure morality, this renunciation of shared responsibility, is reversible. Universal ethical standards still apply. They are defined by the Geneva conventions, by other secular instruments of international law, through religious faith and through the social contract. They should be respected and strengthened. They are necessary, sometimes inconvenient truths.
Tisdall konkluderer:
Ordinary people in ordinary times may pick and choose their moral battles. But ending major conflicts, and easing the suffering of millions, is a moral imperative that demands a determined collective response from all concerned. That way lies peace. That way lies salvation.
Lesverdig artikkel.
Skudeneshavn 21. juli 2025
Jan Marton Jensen
Kilde:
20. juli 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/20/gaza-ukraine-peace-out-of-reach
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