Just War Theory Essays

The Just War theory consists of 6 rules, which have to be obeyed when fighting at war against another country. The six rules are that war must be a last resort, those who are attacked deserve it, promote good over evil, the right amount of force must be applied, civilian …

America’s declaration on the war against terrorism had received much criticism because while it attempts to prevent the war to be associated with a war against the Islamic religion, most of the countries and groups that were involved in the campaign namely, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq and groups like Abu Sayaf …

The base of the Just War Theory starts with philosophers such as Aristotle and Cicero. Their first ideas of any war being ‘just’ involves the act of self-defence as the reason the war began. In their eyes, this reasoning made a war just. Ambrose of Milan and Augustine of Hippo …