War Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is a just war?
A war that is just if it is fought for a reason that is justified and that carries sufficient moral weight
What is jus ad bellum?
The conditions under which the use of military force is justified
What are the factors that make up jus ad bellum?
Just cause
Legitimate authority
Comparison of justice
Right intention
Last resort
Success likelihood
Proportionality
What is jus in bello?
How to conduct a war in an ethical manner
What are the factors that make up jus ad bellum?
Proportionality
Must discriminate
What is jus post bellum?
The justice that is seen after war
What are the 6 principles that make up jus post bellum outlined by orends?
Punishment
Compensation
Rehabilitation
Rights vindication
Proportionality
Discrimination
What is pacifism?
Means to oppose war and to seek to settle all disputes by peaceful means.
What is absolute pacifism?
A universal rejection of violence without exception
What is contingent pacifism?
War should be rejected however as a last resort it may be necessary
What conditions did Augustine and Aquinas make?
Legitatmate authority
A just cause
Why did they make these conditions?
To combat the period of Christian’s reluctance to fight despite facing injustices
What were the Spanish theologians conditions for war?
Last resort
Reasonable success chance
Proportionality
What does utilitarianism say about war?
Right intention underlines the greatest happiness, would not support selfish motives.
What does natural law say about war?
Primary precept to “protect and preserve the innocent” which would justify war to protect others. “Live in an ordered society” if a threat or attack threatened the structure of society , retialnce is justified
What does virtue ethics say about war?
War does not reach eudaimonia
Spillers are trained to kill instead of being virtuous
According to the United Nations, how many Syrians have had to leave their country?
More than 5 million
By what year and month did the Syrian observatory for human rights record that 120,000 non combats where killed?
December 2018
What % of buildings were burnt by the Hiroshima bomb?
Around 70
What did the general assembly in 2017 do?
Neogiated a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons. 73 state parties.
What does the bbc claim that the war in Palestine is?
“The largest outbreak of violence in decades”
