Summary Week 1 Assignment Outline.docx United States of America Obligation PHI 208 Moral Obligation of Unites States for the World Against Dictators PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Moral Obligation of Unites States for the World Against Dictators Part

United States of America Obligation

PHI 208


Moral Obligation of Unites States for the World Against Dictators




PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning




Moral Obligation of Unites States for the World Against Dictators




Part 1: Ethical Question


Is there a moral obligation for the U.S. to intervene, occupy or wage war against foreign nations

ruled by dictators who are carrying out atrocities on that nation’s citizens?


Part 2: Introduction


In August of 1990, Iraq’s tyrant leader Saddam Hussein ordered his military force to invade and

annex the neighboring country of Kuwait. The primary purpose of the invasion is to conquer

Kuwait’s oil reserves and regain Iraq’s power, influence, and money after years of war with Iran.

Iraq forcefully invading a country and using violence made the United States wage war against

Iraq and its ruthless leader Hussein. An article adds, “ Once diplomatic and economic pressure to

deter Saddam failed, the U.S. – under then-president George HW Bush, assembled the largest

international coalition since the second world war”(De Vita & Taha, 2021).