The moral case against war won’t always tally with the political Mary Kenny

The moral case against war won’t always tally with the political Mary Kenny Iranians in exile and their supporters protest in Berlin on February 28, 2026, for a regime change in Iran. The same day the US and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that President Donald Trump said aim to crush Iran’s military and stop production of a nuclear weapon. Photo: OSV News / Nadja Wohlleben, Reuters.

There’s a programme on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday evenings called ‘The Moral Maze’ (which my colleague Brendan O’Regan has on occasions reviewed). It approaches a series of topical questions within the framework not just of debate, but with the focus on the moral analysis. What is the right thing to do? What is the…

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