Just War Theory

• Influences

  • Augustine
  • Aquinas
• Jus ad bellum 


  conditions under which it would be legitimate to go to war
• Jus in bello 


  rules under which a war must be fought
• Jus in bello principles

  1. Discrimination (of non-combatants)
  2. Proportionality of means to ends
• 1. Just cause
• 3) Right intention
• 4) Probability of success
• 5) Last resort
• 6) Proportionality