163: Ed Feser Is Wrong About Iran (with Tim Milosch & Keith Pavlischek)

Welcome to the Theology & Ethics podcast! In this episode, the Kirkwood Center Team (and guests Tim Milosch & Keith Pavlischek) discuss the Iran war, and particularly push back on a couple articles written by Ed Feser, who came out vocally against the US involvement in Iran.

Ed Feser’s articles:

https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2026/03/100437/

https://firstthings.com/does-just-war-doctrine-require-moral-certainty/

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CHAPTERS & TIMECODES

00:00:00-Introduction

00:02:15-Ed Feser’s Articles About Iran

00:04:19-Is This a Repeat of Iraq?

00:16:49-Does the Trump Administration Have a Plan?

00:27:54-Congressional Authority & Declarative War

00:39:54-State of Bellum & Catholic Catechism

01:02:28-So What Makes This a Just War?