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THE TRIUMPH OF JUST WAR THEORY 927 Christianity was not a just cause; nor was seizing the gold of the Americas or enslaving its inhabitants. Writers like Grotius and Pufendorf incorporated just war the- ory into international law, but the rise of the modern state and the legal (and philosophical) acceptance of state sovereignty
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JUST-WAR THEORY. The classic Just-War Theory has its origins in Christian theology. Saint Augustine is usually indentified as the first individual to offer a theory on war and justice. The Saint referred to the Bible and regarded some wars as necessary to amend an evil.
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Feb 28, 2014 · This chapter scrutinises just war theory generally, and later chapters concentrate specifically on the core just war principles of just cause, last resort, proportionality, and noncombatant...
'This volume explores the philosophic and societal foundations of the just war tradition, relates the principles of jus ad bellum to contemporary issues confronting the global community and explores the relationship between the principles of jus in bello and the various principles embodied in the customary law of armed conflict.'
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the just war ethic, I will (1) review the resources of the just war ethic; (2) examine two changing features of international politics; and (3) suggest an agenda for work in the just war tradition in the 1990s.
The jus ad bellum, or justification for going to war, involves six distinct conditions: (1) the cause must be just, (2) a right authority must make the decision to go to war, (3) groups going to war must do so with a right intention, (4) war must be undertaken only as a last resort, (5) the goal of the war must be a likely emergent peace, and (6...
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This book assembles renowned scholars from around the world to reflect on the most pressing problems and questions in Just War Theory, and engages with all three stages of war: jus ad bellum, jus in bello, and jus post bellum.
