If truth is the first casualty of war, then ethics, its twin sister, dies in the same explosion. Karl Barth, perhaps the 20th century’s most famous theologian, lived through two European wars and described the ensuing darkness as a complete “collapse of ethics.” He was right. The ability to reason morally may be an accidental victim of war, or it may be targeted as carefully as if a sniper had taken aim. There are those who practice evil, and there are those who promote it without conscience. In war, Barth saw both. And we …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
