“St. Thomas Aquinas identifies three criteria for a just war. First, a war must be waged by a legitimate authority. Second, a war must have a just cause. Third, a war must have the right intentions. (P. 139) In order for a war to be waged by a legitimate authority, it must serve the common good, not just private interests and agendas. (P. 138) In order for a war to have just cause, it must include: protecting citizens from hostile or violent behavior, restoring rights that have been taken away from the country or citizens unfairly, or reestablishing a fair political order. (P. 138) In order for a war to have the right intentions, the country engaged in war must intend to avoid evil and advance the good of the citizens by engaging in the war. (P. 139)”
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First and foremost, animals form communities as a means of survival, similar to the way that human beings form governments. The governments that human beings form are essentially a means of survival because governments create and regulate laws, manage economies, and defend the county all with the best interests of the citizens in mind. Aristotle also states that human beings have the ability to “have sensations of what is painful and pleasant and to indicate those sensations to one another.” This statement is another way that Aristotle justifies comparing human beings to animals— both human beings and animals know what is painful and what is pleasurable. Aristotle argues that while human beings are similar to animals, they are more developed. He states that human beings possess a rational soul and cognitive abilities, (P. 40) and the gift of speech. (P. 42) Aristotle also states that human beings possess a sense of good and evil, and just and unjust. (P.
First and foremost, animals form communities as a means of survival, similar to the way that human beings form governments. The governments that human beings form are essentially a means of survival because governments create and regulate laws, manage economies, and defend the county all with the best interests of the citizens in mind. Aristotle also states that human beings have the ability to “have sensations of what is painful and pleasant and to indicate those sensations to one another.” This statement is another way that Aristotle justifies comparing human beings to animals— both human beings and animals know what is painful and what is pleasurable. Aristotle argues that while human beings are similar to animals, they are more developed. He states that human beings possess a rational soul and cognitive abilities, (P. 40) and the gift of speech. (P. 42) Aristotle also states that human beings possess a sense of good and evil, and just and unjust. (P.