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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Just War Theory"”.
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Just War Theory in the Nuclear Age
Justice in the recourse to war and in the conduct of war can be measured. Some of the world's greatest philosophers, ethicists, and theologians contributed to the debate of faith and force to ensure the justice of warfare. The principles which have evolved from centuries of study are encompassed …
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The Outcomes of Just War: An Empirical Study of the Outcomes Associated with Adherence to Just War Theory, 1960-2000
<p>Just war theory developed over more than 1,500 years with a normative, rather than empirical focus. Originally, it grew in the Christian context to ensure the salvation of war makers. Over time, it came to include humanist principles, focusing on the wellbeing of the victims of war. In …
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The ethics of war, protest, and South African state-sanctioned violence
… moral grounds for the initial resort to war? These kinds of questions have formed part of the broad basis of Just War Theory (JWT) in moral and political philosophy. However, while a considerable number of philosophers have attempted to tackle the question of when, if ever, war is morally …
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Responding Morally to Terrorism
Terrorism poses intellectual challenges for just war theory. In my thesis, I argue that states who have experienced a terrorist attack should not declare war immediately because a moral state response should be proportionate to the severity of the attack. I offer a terrorism response scale that …
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Making the Case for War: The War Rhetoric of Presidents George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush
… and George W. Bush) shows a clear pattern of “war propaganda” in their speeches. By evoking the “Just War Theory” and the concept of the “Rogue State”, each president made a moral justification for military intervention. An examination of the situation in each country before, during, and after …
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Just or unjust war? : unilateral use of armed force by states at the turn of the 20th century
… law as indicated by the International Court of Justice in its decision in the Nicaragua Case and the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. It is also included by many writers in the commanding principles of international law (Jus Cogens). In spite of this restriction and deep …
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Just Not Enough: Reframing Just Peace in an Era of Persistent Conflict
Just peace is the proper end of an offensive just war. An ideally just peace is impossible must not be abandoned as a goal. This thesis argues peace is best viewed through a peace prism creating a six-level spectrum from war to ideally just peace. Levels 2 and 3 (marginally effective and …
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A Theological critique of the Christian pacifist perspective with special reference to the position of John Howard Yoder
… of the Christian pacifist position of John Howard Yoder, with a view to engaging in the theological debate on violence and non-violence. Given the wide ranging nature of this debate it is, however, necessary to ground such a discussion in a given context. South Africa has been chosen for this …
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When War is Our Daily Bread: Congo, Theology, and the Ethics of Contemporary Conflict
<p>This dissertation approaches the problem of war in Christian ethics through the lens of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing upon memoirs, letters, sermons, and fieldwork, it shifts the focus of moral inquiry from theoretical positions on war (e.g., just war theory and pacifism) to the …
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O conceito de Jus Post Bellum e o caso da MINUSTAH: reflexões sobrea responsabilidade brasileira na operação de paz
… dichotomy amongst the concepts of Peace and War. Under this spectrum, the United Nation (UN) aims to show juridical/legal mechanisms so that it maintains the peace on a lasting way. The organization proposes a series of measures that regulate the use of force in the international scene. So …
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Lethal autonomous weapons systems : a case study in the ethics of artificial intelligence and lethal decision-making
… debate between Revisionist and Traditionalist Just War Theory scholars. This introduces as a key idea in this study the notion of ‘military necessity’: to minimise the death and suffering caused by war wherever possible. The second section focuses on the principles of distinction and …
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Exploring conflict: the justification of violence
… of this work is to identify how people ethically justify the use of violence or harm-doing in conflicts they experience; and by comparing the processes they use with those of normative ethics, to review whether and how well existing theory addresses the issues people actually face in terms of …