Just War

There are many different ways war can support or erode our sense of what is ethical. Many people view war as unethical and think it mostly erodes our sense of ethics, like committing war crimes or killing innocent people. On the other hand, many people believe in the “Just War theory”. I believe that as long as people follow the “Just War” theory, war can be ethical and help in achieving our goals as a country. War crimes include acts that violate the international laws, treaties, customs, and…

desperately seek to engage in either war or a battle for power. Though not all states are likely to get into war, there are many states that do constantly interact with their rivals and lead them into tension filled interactions. For this reason, there are crucial issues to address and analyze when it comes to interdependent countries and the conflicts they find themselves in. US policymakers, do not always take into…

traditional just war theorists has been challenged by the revisionist’s view of a revised version of just war theory, which the original theory itself was believed to possess flawed ethical arguments; the Walzer’s just war theory of doctrine of military ethics explicitly indicates the independence between the two fundamental principles, the just cause for war (jus ad bellum) and just conduct in war (jus in bello), but the revisionist McMahan believes the moral equality does not apply to both…

There is a time, though, when fighting back is just. Just means "guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness" according to dictionary.com. Being a Christian teaches a person to seek truth, so when a Christian fights, it is not for fun. There is a reason, a necessary reason, to fight back. Just war is beneficial…

Imagine that you are having a completely normal night at home. You have just eaten dinner, and now you are sitting on the couch watching TV with your family. Then, out of nowhere, someone storms into your house waving a gun around and threatening to kill your family. What do you do? Do you grab a gun, or if you do not have one, do you storm the intruder and try to stop him from hurting your family? Or, do you just stand in front of him and risk getting you and the rest of your family killed?…

began to clash with the growing power of non-religious kingdoms. Church leaders and political leaders began to struggle over ultimate authority of Rome. The existing conflict between Christian leaders and monarchs prompted the first religious holy war. This arose when the Turks threatened to invade the Byzantine Empire and conquer Constantinople. Emperor of Byzantine Alexius I made a plea to Pope Urban II for troops from the West to encounter the Turkish intimidation (Backman 255). Urban,…

Kantian believes that killing ourselves when a life is still alive. However, if the individual turns out to be ill its wrong. 5) Explain the basics of Just War theory. What makes it inadequate in dealing with terrorism? Be specific. The basics of Just War theory are the justification of how or why wars are fought in the first place. Basics of Just War theory try…

topic of war is brought up, there is always going to be mixed feelings. Regularly questions are raised about the morality of war and the conditions that justify it. If you were to tell people that war was being waged due to divine command or cultural relativism, it simply wouldn’t fly or be accepted. Rather, it must meet certain conditions that are coherent with the natural law. Those conditions are outlined in “Just Genocide Theory”. The first criteria that should be met before going to war is…

Jingyi Long First Impression of Just Before the War with the Eskimos J.D. Salinger’s Just Before the War with the Eskimos was in my opinion, very different from any of the other short stories I’ve read before. The story started off with a dilemma for the main character, Ginnie, because she wanted to ask her friend Selena to pay half of the fare for the cab that they shared, and to pay her back for all the times that she had to pay the whole fare by herself. Selena agrees to pay her back…

conditions for a just war are built on the ideas of Aristotle and Augustine. The three conditions are as follows: 1. The first condition claims that “a just war must be declared by proper authority” (Christopher, 50). Aquinas is stating that the second party is allowed to offer redress the issue at hand, it has had the to offer other alternatives. The idea behind this condition is that it makes war the “last resort” (Christopher, 51). This condition also mentions the idea that a war is only…