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The goal of the following study "Just War Theory Concept" is to examine the aspects of Just War Theory and discuss some of the related principles.... Just War Theory outlines six main principles that a nation or a body going to war must satisfy for the war to be just.... Just War Theory has been accepted in many countries as the way in which just war may be determined.... Despite the diverse sources in the formulation of Just War Theory, it basically has two basic major issues in regard to legitimizing a war....
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Case Study
This paper discusses the justification or lack of it in a war, one should think about the Just War Theory, that deals with the justification of how and why wars are fought.... They allow a certain amount of flexibility and do not provide a strict ethical framework, as the principles and the interpretations of them can be quite vague at times ("Catholic just war", n.... Possessing a just cause is the first principle and probably the most important one, and it is very intrinsic as it stems from the very definition of a just war....
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Term Paper
An author of the present report seeks to investigate the Just War Theory in relation to the America war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq as mentioned in the Alan Dowd's article titled 'Civilization's Reluctant Warrior: America and the War on Terror'.... Just War Theory: Alan Dowds article d Civilizations Reluctant Warrior: America and the War on Terror is an essay supporting Americas war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.... It is important to note that Alan Dowd does not make a serious effort to justify the War on Terror with the conditions laid down by the Just War Theory....
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Essay
Just War Theory and Christian peace The Just War tradition provides a moral calculus or moral criteria that may be used to determine whether an action or actions can be morally justifiable.... The just war tradition provides a moral calculus or moral criteria that may be used to determine whether an action or actions can be morally justifiable.... onclusion In conclusion, while there may be morally acceptable fundamentals in security response by Bush Doctrine, from the standpoint of the just war tradition the doctrine' connection with a power-hungry, hegemonic foreign policy strategy undermined the moral credibility of the doctrine, and as a result, the moral credibility of the United States....
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Assignment
The paper "Levels of War and Just War Theory" states that nations might embark on a 'just war' that is not just because the nation's rulers are lying about what the other nation is doing.... Another theory that can be used to talk about war is the Just War Theory, which attempts to explain how to fight a war properly from the moral high ground.... However, while some parts of Just War Theory are useful the tool can ultimately be used to come up with excuses to declare war....
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Essay
In the paper 'The Catholic Morality of the Just War Theory' the author discusses a set of tenets adopted by Catholic ethicists, theologians, and scholars to justify conflicts in terms of philosophical and theosophical bases.... Just War Theory (JWT) is thought to apply to all aspects of war.... ust war theory consists of a number of criteria for starting, carrying out, and ending wartime conflicts.... The author states that because of the long history of the JWT tradition, the theory itself has a wide-reaching level of applicability to different kinds of conflict, and so provides a framework to guide Catholics, as well as members of other denominations, to war's successful and moral conclusion....
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Research Paper
This work called "Just War Theory and Christian Attitude towards Peace and Conflict Introduction" describes the historical development of Just War Theory.... The author outlines the development of Just War Theory and doctrine, the analysis of Christian's responses towards war in a modern-day world.... The Christian attitude towards war, peace, and military intervention has been evaluated based on the Just War Theory, an application that has seen widespread application in the recent past....
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Essay
This essay "The Just War Theory in Christianity" discusses the idea that people should not resist evil and commit violence in response to violence towards them.... "Medieval Just War Theory generally recognized three goals that could justify recourse to war: defense against attack, recovery of something wrongfully taken, and punishment of evil'.... Independent research of the works of the great Fathers of the Church gives one reason to agree with the just war theorists that war is compatible with Christ's teachings....
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Essay