The theory of when it is just to fight a war, and how to fight justly, comes principally from medieval Christian thought and from the great development of international law that followed, especially in the works of Grotius and Samuel Pufendorf...

Just-war theory focuses on two issues: the justice of the decision to wage war and the justice of war conduct. About the war decision, just-war theorists require that decision makers have legal authority to wage war, that the cause to wage war be just,...

The term just war refers to the major moral tradition of Western culture that deals with the justification and limitation of the use of force by public authority. Just war tradition has particular relevance for moral reflection about many scientific...

Just War Theory In traditional just war theory there are two basic elements: an account of just cause and an account of just means. Just cause is usually specified as follows: (1) There must be substantial aggression. (2) Nonbelligerent correctives must...

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IN RECENT DAYS, SAGE EDITORIAL WRITERS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, POLITICIANS, LIBERAL PUNDITS, AND ADMIRED COLUMNISTS HAVE JOINED IN THE DONALD RUMSFELD-CONDOLEEZZA RICE CHORUS PRAISING THE AMERICAN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AS "JUST." The Taliban are described as all but defeated. The "noose" around bin Laden grows...

The just war tradition came into being during the Middle Ages as a way of thinking about the right use of force in the context of responsible government of the political community. With deep roots in both ancient Israel and classical Greek and...

Old editions of the Yale Songbook included a German drinking song called "The Pope." This was its first stanza: "The Pope, he leads a jolly life / He's free from every care and strife. / He drinks the best of Rhenish wine, / I wish...

On the evening of Monday, Sept. 17, Bank of America and PBS hosted a preview of Ken Burns’ new documentary The War, about how World War II affected American lives. After the screening, a silent, somber crowd filed into the Museum of Modern Art’s lobby...

A 'just' war is defined as an international law doctrine that postulates that a war can be just only if it satisfies a set of moral or legal rules. There are three criteria in the issue of a Just war. The first is Jus de Bellum which concerns with the justice of getting into war. The second is Jus in Bello which concerns with the justice of conduct within war after war has begun. Thirdly, Jus post bellum, concerns the justice of peace agreements and the termination phase of war.