A Level - RS - Resort to War
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- Resort to War - Jus ad Bellum
- Just Cause
- to save or protect human rights
- to secure justice
- remedy injustice
- It must be defensive, not aggressive
- Competent authority
- In most cases, the government is a legitimate authority to declare war
- Comparison of justice
- to be done on both sides
- which is ultimately difficult to achieve
- Since both sides will think that they are fighting for a just cause
- Right Intention
- Must be as just as it's cause
- not to be undertaken in a spirit of hatred or revenge
- Must be as just as it's cause
- Last Resort
- after all negotiations arbitration and non-military sanctions have failed
- Likelihood of Success
- so that its outcome results in a better state of affairs
- Reasonable Proportion
- between the injustice being fought and the suffering likely to be inflicted by war.
- must not be upheld by unjust means
- which includes inflicting suffering on those the war was intending to protect .
- must not be upheld by unjust means
- between the injustice being fought and the suffering likely to be inflicted by war.
- Just Cause
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