Just War

may not know. Often when two countries go to war, there is a lack of reasoning behind it. If we just send them off to argue for no reason, there is no point of the war itself. For centuries now, theologians and military researchers, have been studying a theory referred to as “Just War Theory.” The Just War theory itself, gives justification for the reason over war, as well it sets rules and criteria that the war should follow to be considered Just War. Behind the theory is two parts being…

do. Since the post-war, the UN Security Council has authorized 26 multilateral sanctions , such as, in Haiti, Iraq, South Africa and Former Yugoslavia. Where compressive exchange sanctions were applied. However, the dubious about the sanctions, political viability has raised concern in cases such as Iraq. The most genuine question in regards to the utilization of sanctions is the harm that it can produce in a vulnerable population, while does not affect those…

In the Just War Theory, there is a list of reasons when and why it is okay to go to war, and kill in war. I believe that it is okay to kill in war due to the fighting for your own survival, fighting for the protection of others and what is stated in the Bible. When in your home country, you are forced to see you people living in harmony and peace, or see them perish due to the fact that you cannot protect them. George Orwell has stated that, "Those who “abjure” violence can only do so because…

U.S involvement in the Vietnam War, the Just War Theory is used as a brief framework coupled with major scholarly discussions concerning the Vietnam War. Philosophers and historians over the centuries have shaped the Just War Theory to help give a clear cut guide to justifying International Wars with a significant formulation contributed by Saint Thomas Aquinas in his work Summa Theologicae. According to the theory, the moral justification of every international war is divided into two parts:…

The world has experienced different cases of indifference leading to wars. Just war deals with validation of how and why wars were upheld. There exist some of the principles of just wars and includes the waging of war as a last resort. In this consideration, war is upheld when all other non-violent mechanisms have been exhausted in order to justify the use of force. Just War is only propelled by a legitimate authority, and thus the person or the groups must constitute authority that is…

discussed whether this war was in the best interest of the United States and the Americans, or did only benefit a few elite groups while not being able to solve the issues it claimed it was going to, particularly in Iraq. Also, the war against Iraq is discussed to have been started or not as a “just war”,…

The Just War theory is a set of educated guidelines for determining justifiable and unjustifiable implementation of tactics during armed conflict. Many Just War theories also attempt to convey how the use of arms might be altered, restrained, made more humane, and ultimately aimed towards establishing lasting peace and justice. The Just War Theory stands by the notion of fighting for peace, that is, when all options are weighed. What makes sense in theory, many times fail when put…

Citizens of the world: War, in one form or another, appeared with the first man. At the dawn of history, its morality was not questioned; it was simply a fact, like drought or disease -- the manner in which tribes and then civilizations sought power and settled their differences. And over time, as codes of law sought to control violence within groups. The concept of a "just war" emerged, suggesting that war is justified only when certain conditions were met: if it is waged as a last resort or in…

collective." We must try for peace at all times. War is never a good thing, and we must try to avoid it. In fact Pope Francis once stated “We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes, Christ…

Throughout human existence, war has been a prevalent issue amongst countries fighting for their prominence. Using Neta Crawford’s Just War Theory, the prompt’s hypothetical situation meets all requirements for jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post bellum (Crawford, 2003). War in the Middle East is justified on the grounds of it being self-defense used to disable terrorist groups in the region and bring an end to the stranglehold ISIS has on the area. The initiation of war is just, given the…