Just Shoot Me!

than another human’s. Additionally, not only are those in combat killing the opponent’s troops, but innocent bystanders are also harmed and often killed (Watson). It is immoral for someone not wanting to be entangled in the war to loose their life just for happening to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Today, there are many more lives being lost than in past wars due to breakthroughs in technology that are leading to more powerful and destructive weapons. For example, in the American…

Assess the Athenians’ argument and actions from the standpoint of pacifism and just war theory. Which position do you find most compelling, and why? Just War theory portrays a practical look at the morality of war in comparison to pacifism, allowing the opportunity to form international procedures and protocol in an attempt to control conflict. During The Peloponnesian War the Athenians offered a valid and in-depth argument on their views of justice in war, over time this has developed into…

right to go to war, just conduct in War (Jus in Bello) and Justice after war (Jus post bellum). Under these guidelines, a state can practically conduct whether they are going to war for the right reasons, as well as reasons that benefit both sides, and that is not inherently set out for the wrong intentions. As for the Syrian Civil War, the just war theory provides a framework that narrowly defines it as not a just war. I will explain…

it is never the victim’s fault. This was very hard for me to understand, and over the past two years, my mind has been flooded with many contradictory thoughts. Was I raped? Of course not. You voluntarily drove to that college party as a 17 year old. Yeah, I guess. But I was severely depressed. Okay, that’s true, but you know very well that you were crushing on him. That gave him no right to get me drunk and do all of those things to me. Well,…

The just war tradition is base in two principals: Jus ad bellum (justice of war) – this relates the reasons for war; jus in bello (justice in war) this establish what can be done and the amount of force that can be delivered during a war. Based on the just war tradition and its principles, a war can have a framework with moral and political viability. For instance, in cases of cyber warfare, the just war tradition has moral ground limitation. In the…

• Just War - a “just” war is one in which expected benefits of fighting a war must be viewed relative to the expected negative consequences and outcomes. • Requirements – o A just war should be a last resort after considering and utilizing all non-violent options to justify the use of force. o A legitimate authority can only wage just war. o A just war takes place in support of a wrong suffered. For instance, self-defense against an armed attack is justifiable. o Deaths and injury due to the…

Violence is also justified in war. Obviously, war tends to be very violent but sometimes people would say that violence in war has to have a limit. In actuality, there is no limit of violence in war. In the article “Hiroshima: Was It Necessary”, Doug Long (n.d.) writes about how there is no limit in war by using the bombing of Hiroshima as an example. Japan was fighting against the United States and had four years bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States fought back but Japan did not surrender.…

War has been a part of the course of human events since ancient civilizations began. From the expansion of the Roman empire to the Manchu fighting Mongol tyranny in China war has shaped how the world functions today. War is necessary for the human race, but many believe it does not conform to the moral code that all people should hold. War, despite the belief of some, is morally justifiable. To elaborate war is morally justifiable because it is necessary to maintain peace. For example…

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…

Just War Theory is something I believe in. However, I believe some modifications may be needed in contemporary America. Snauwaert asserts it is somewhat of a misnomer to suggest the United States is at war with terrorism because terrorism is a tactic . Thus, Snauwaert suggests the United States is at war with the practitioners of terrorism. This is a dangerous suggestion. One must separate the cause from the effect. If a doctor treats the symptoms and not the cause of the disease, the disease…