What is the Just War theory? According to Augustine there is no right to kill. One can kill only under the authority of God. Augustine believed that in wars there was a right intention. He also state that wars should not be fought with hatred, that they should be a desire to defeat evil and injustice. “The wise man will wage just wars”. This means that they are not fighting just to get paid. There are seven criteria by which a war can be judged to be just. Among the rules are Just Cause, there must be a very good reason for going to war, such as protecting your country from invasion. There should be a formal declaration of war by the legal government. It has to be the last resort and all other alternatives must be exhausted. There must be
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War is part of the world even though is “evil”. Is war the right way to go? No, as Augustine wrote in “De civitate Dei.” He writes about Christian judges must sometimes torture innocent witnesses in an attempt to uncover the truth, even though they may never learn whether they have succeed. He concludes sadly, “the ignorance of the judge is very often a calamity for the innocent.” He was trying to say that sometimes the ignorance of the judge is often what cause a disaster where innocent people pay for our stupidity. As like what is happening now in Iraq we are at war with them and many of them don't agree with what these terrorist are doing. However, we are inviting their country bombing them and killing thousands of people innocent people for whatever reason. We judge them just because of their religion or because of how they look.
Augustine identified two aspects of war that required moral justification and guidelines, 1. The right to go to war, Just Authority, Just Cause, Right Intention, and Last Resort. 2. The right sorts of conduct in war. Was his Just war adopted after his death? Most definitely, we go to war for political and legal issues around the world all the time (Just Authority). We are at war right now because something was done to us in which we had to come strong and show terrorist we are a unit ( Just Cause). Our government had try other things to solve the “issue” , but there was
War is part of the world even though is “evil”. Is war the right way to go? No, as Augustine wrote in “De civitate Dei.” He writes about Christian judges must sometimes torture innocent witnesses in an attempt to uncover the truth, even though they may never learn whether they have succeed. He concludes sadly, “the ignorance of the judge is very often a calamity for the innocent.” He was trying to say that sometimes the ignorance of the judge is often what cause a disaster where innocent people pay for our stupidity. As like what is happening now in Iraq we are at war with them and many of them don't agree with what these terrorist are doing. However, we are inviting their country bombing them and killing thousands of people innocent people for whatever reason. We judge them just because of their religion or because of how they look.
Augustine identified two aspects of war that required moral justification and guidelines, 1. The right to go to war, Just Authority, Just Cause, Right Intention, and Last Resort. 2. The right sorts of conduct in war. Was his Just war adopted after his death? Most definitely, we go to war for political and legal issues around the world all the time (Just Authority). We are at war right now because something was done to us in which we had to come strong and show terrorist we are a unit ( Just Cause). Our government had try other things to solve the “issue” , but there was