15 October 2019
Word of the Day: War
WAR. Conflict of armed force in which one nation or part of a nation
seeks to impose its will on another nation or part of a nation. The basic premise
of war is that every right is coercible. Thus a state has the right to use force
if necessary to defend just rights or to exact reparation for the violation
of rights by another state. Another premise is that since no supernational organization
exists with the capacity of enforcing its just decisions, with acceptance by
all nations, the right of coercibility can be exercised directly by the aggrieved
state itself. (Etym. Old High German werra, confusion, strife.)
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