Dan Kassel Just War Theories in the West Sinkwan Cheng 10/15/04 Since the beginning of time‚ strong nations have taken over weaker ones without any consideration for the indigenous people of those lands. Some claim that because many of these peoples are inferior intellectually and/or physically to the conquerors‚ than by nature they are slaves and‚ as stated by Aristotle‚ "it is better for them as inferiors that they should be under the rule of a master (Aristotle‚ Vitoria 239)." However
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Running head: Biography of Cicero 1 Biography of Cicero Bruce Hovey 11/15/2011 Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire Kenneth Merschbrock Mid America Nazarene University Biography of Cicero 2 Biography of Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero‚ perhaps the greatest orator of Ancient Rome‚ was born on January 3d‚ 106 B.C. in the town of Arpinium‚ about 70 miles from Rome. Although his family had achieved some measure of wealth by the time of his birth‚ none had ever been
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JUST WAR THEORY | September 132011 | This project is based on the chapter of structures and processes of war under which the ‘Just War Theory’ is analyzed in reference to the US military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks in US. | America’s Just War Theory | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY CASE STUDY Study is made on the US military attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan in post 9/11 era. Nature of study is qualitative and library based. SCOPE The study of the project is limited
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Just war theory explains the issues of justice in religious‚ political‚ and philosophical aspects. It is a notion that does refer not only on the aspect of getting the answer whether the war is just‚ but also it helps understand the answer why or the reason for war in the society. In the common phenomena‚ just war theory refers to war by itself has no negative impact and it can even just or have positive side at given situations. Most people do percept the issue of war as something bad and destructive
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This article “Just War Tradition” also refer to as Just War Theory is related to war because it explains the principles and morals behind on taking war as a last resort solution only if the options don’t meet the requirements. Also‚ in the case of war was to happen they discussed on when and where warfare is appropriate to be taken place. Including that‚ the Just War Tradition was originally discovered by the Christians and their based it on their philosophy. Then theorist Saint Augustine made who
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The English term ‘war’ is an adaptation of the old German word ‘werran’‚ which means “to confuse or to cause confusion” (Mark). Wars have been around in the world ever since the time of ancient Mesopotamia around the time of 2300 BCE. In general‚ war is used to solve conflicts between two or more nations through the format of military battles. There are many people who oppose the use of war to solve conflicts‚ arguing that there are less violent ways to solve conflicts between nations. That being
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Albert Einstein once said‚ “You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Although Einstein is considered one of the greatest thinkers in history‚ he was surely not an ethicist. Regardless‚ his statement of pacifism‚ should not be taken lightly. In passages such as “Pacifism” by Douglas P Lackey pacifism and it many forms are defined and justified as valid moral theories . Initially pacifists such as Albert Schewerzer considered it wrong to kill and this was their central concept ‚ over
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The Just War Theory is obsolete in light of nuclear weaponry The just war theory is concerned with ethically justifying war with acceptable warfare techniques (Moseley‚ 2009). It can be argued that in light of modern day nuclear power‚ the just war theory is obsolete. The central claim of this paper is that this notion is true; war is immoral and cannot be justified. To defend this claim‚ this paper will be taking a deontological approach and present counter arguments in favour of utilitarianism
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Just war theory Just War theory demands that for war to be justified a state must fulfil each of the following 6 requirements: (1) Just cause‚ (2) Legitimate Authority‚ (3) Right intention‚ (4) Likelihood of Success‚ (5) Proportionality and (6) Last resort. Just war theory was developed by theologians Augustine and Aquinas. This will be further discussed in the essay. In addition to this these 6 requirements can be categorised in 3 parts – Jus ad bellum‚ Jus in bello and Jus post bellum The
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Research 4b: The Just War Theory 1. A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success. Deaths and injury incurred in a hopeless cause are not morally justifiable. 2. The violence used in the war must be proportional to the injury suffered. 3. States are prohibited from using force not necessary to attain the limited objective of addressing the injury suffered. 4. The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace. 5. The peace established after the war must be preferable
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