One of the touchstone tests of fairness I learned in a philosophy class (utilitarianism? I'm not sure) is: what would be your judegement of a situation if you knew you were going to be in it after you decided, but you did NOT know in what role? To me, espousing-- and even more, actively working towards-- a war when you KNOW that you will not be required to fight in it but will force others to instead, is very very wrong.
To me, it's wrong to force others to shoulder the responsibilities of one's decisions, especially if one is not shouldering them oneself.
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One of the touchstone tests of fairness I learned in a philosophy class (utilitarianism? I'm not sure) is: what would be your judegement of a situation if you knew you were going to be in it after you decided, but you did NOT know in what role? To me, espousing-- and even more, actively working towards-- a war when you KNOW that you will not be required to fight in it but will force others to instead, is very very wrong.
To me, it's wrong to force others to shoulder the responsibilities of one's decisions, especially if one is not shouldering them oneself.
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I can see the premise has flaws, but still think it's not a bad place to begin.