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    It is not the case that Fighting against the Thebans is evil.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Analogical inference from one war's evil to all neighbor-wars commits the fallacy of hasty generalization.
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    • 2.The Phocian-Theban war may have been evil due to specific circumstances (e.g., sacrilege) not present in all neighbor conflicts.
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    • 3.Without identifying which feature made that war evil, the general proposition 'fighting neighbors is evil' lacks inductive warrant.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Just War theory, from Cicero through Aquinas, holds that wars fought in self-defense or to restore violated rights can be morally justified.
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    • 2.If the Thebans are aggressors violating rights, fighting against them satisfies jus ad bellum criteria and cannot be condemned as evil.
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    • 3.A sound analogical argument must preserve morally relevant features, but just cause is a morally relevant disanalogy that defeats the inference.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.War between the Thebans and Phocians was evil (source case).
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    • 2.From the source case, it is inductively inferred that fighting against neighbors is evil (general proposition).
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    • 3.Fighting against the Thebans is fighting against neighbors (deductive minor premise).
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