Just War theory + reasons for war

• Peace - the absence of conflict
• Forgiveness - a person lets go of a grudge they hold against another person
• Reconciliation - people who were previously in conflict are brought together to make peace
• Pacifism - the belief that any form of war or physical violence is wrong
• Justice - treating everyone fairly and doing the right thing
• Injustice - unfair treatment towards a person or a group of people
• Righteous anger - you are angry at injustice
• indiscriminate violence - violence that is at random and not targeted
• terrorism - use of violence to create fear and promote a particular message
• CND - campaign for nuclear disarmament
• Just War criteria: [SLAMPA]

  • Successful
  • Last Resort
  • Aims
  • Method
  • Proportional
  • Authority
• Just War Criteria - Successful

  • wars are only justified if there is a reasonable chance of it being successful
  • meant if there is no possibility of winning then you are not allowed to go to war
• Just War Criteria - Last Resort

  • war is only allowed if all other options have been tried first
  • war is not the first thing that should be tried
• Just War Criteria - Aims

  • you must have good reason to go to war
  • war cannot be over money or land, it must be for the greater good of the people
• Just War Criteria - Method

  • you can only use weapons/methods that are fair to the people involved
  • fair to both the armies and the civilians
• Just War Criteria - Proportional

  • any harm caused by fighting must not be as bad as the harm it is trying to prevent
• Just War Criteria - Authority

  • people cannot just go to war as they please
  • war is only allowed if those in charge of the place say it is okay
• Jus ad Bellum [war hasn't yet started]

  • the conditions under which states may resort to war or to the use of armed force
• Jus in Bello [war has started]

  • the law that governs the way in which warfare is conducted
• Just War Theory - set of rules, originally proposed by St Thomas Aquinas, for fighting a war in a way believed to be justified by God
• conflict - dispute between sides, individuals, or groups
• cum hoc ergo propter hoc - "with this, therefore because of this"

  • A and B happen at the same time, therefore A must be causing B to happen
  • also known as post hoc fallacy
• mutually assured destruction - the idea that both sides would be so scared of the other that they wouldn't attack