Just War Theory Table of Contents (Clicking on the links below will take you to that part of this article) Introduction The Jus Ad Bellem Convention The Principles Of Jus In Bello Introduction Just war theory deals with the justification of how and why wars are fought. The justification can be either theoretical or historical. The theoretical aspect is concerned with ethically justifying war and ...

Principles of the Just War A just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified. A war is just only if it is waged by a legitimate authority. Even just causes cannot be served by actions taken by individuals or groups who do not constitute an authority sanctioned by whatever the society and outsiders to the society deem ...

BACK TO NRO Justice in War Just-war theory. By Kathryn Jean Lopez, NRO executive editor October 15, 2001 1:35 p.m. obert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and author of In Defense of Natural Law. Kathryn Jean Lopez: Is what we have begun to do in Afghanistan just Robert P. George: The use of military force against terrorist networks and regimes ...

NPR's Jacki Lyden interviews the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, theologian, about whether the Afghanistan conflict represents a just war.

Libertarian Just War Theory By Wendy McElroy As a political philosophy based upon non-aggression and individualism, libertarian theory would seem to preclude any support for violence committed by a State, let alone the mass violence involved in a war. Yet an icon of the libertarian movement is the War for Independence, or the American Revolution. Somehow the American Revolution is viewed ...