Just War
- Created by: emily tombs
- Created on: 09-04-14 21:01
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- Jus post bellum: justice after the war
- Discrimination
- Proportionality
- Punishment
- Compensation
- Rehabilitation
- Just War
- Pacifism
- Absolute: never right to kill another human
- Contingent: all wars involve killing the innocent which is morally unjustifiable
- Preferential: prefers peace but will allow violence to promote justice
- Jus post bellum: justice after the war
- Discrimination
- Proportionality
- Punishment
- Compensation
- Rehabilitation
- Doctrine of Double Effect
- Problems
- Walter Wink: justice involves equality and fairness, which doesn't exist in war
- Morality must always oppose violence
- Unrealistic: strong will always win
- Wars are only considered just in hindsight
- Doesn't help with civil wars
- Jus in bello: justice in the war
- Porportionality
- Discrimination
- Obey all international laws on weapons
- Fair treatment of prisoners
- Jus ad bellum: justice before war
- Just cause
- Legitimate authority
- Right intention
- Likelihood of success
- Proportionality
- Last resort
- Form of realism: unlikely that war can be abandoned
- Form of idealism: legitimate authority make moral decisions
- Augustine
- Justifies/constrains what happens during the war
- Realism
- Christians may use violence to bring about the Kingdom of God and secure peace on Earth
- Pacifism
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