PHILOS 2YY3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Jus Ad Bellum
8 Apr 2015
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The idea of war is to completely eliminate the enemy. In war a long time ago, people would just do everything they could to eliminate the enemy; today there are rules - you can"t do certain things. This means what are the conditions that make war permissible. Usually if someone shows you violence, you are allowed to show violence back. There are some principles of justice that need to be respected in peace treaties. Perhaps the most important philosopher of the 20th century. His paper was written in summer 1995. 70,000-80,000 people were killed by the blast and resultant firestorm (approximately 30% of the population) Rawls asks us whether this was wrong, or whether it was justified. Tells us how he thinks that the act was a direct violation of the rules of war. According to rawls, war has only one legitimate end - to pursue peace.
