PHL275H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jus Ad Bellum, Erwin Rommel, Michael Walzer
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An argument about what plausible justification for war and conduct in war make ethical sense. Christianity needed something to guide whether they should go to war or not. St. thomas aquinas, 1225-1274 ad (just ad bellum and just in bello) Vitoria and grotius, ethics of wat gets codified in international law. Now it focuses on states and nations but before it was focused on moral motivations of individuals. Worried people do focus on reality of war. When we enter war, morality completely changes, it has its own rules. Why we should reject traditional just war theory. Modern warfare, b/w state nation and subset of actors. Reject cause when we apply it to war in the 21st century, the theory simply does not apply. Just because we go to war, morality does not change. Morality of war analogous to the morality of defense in domestic violence. Defense against an aggressor: proportionality: goods outweigh the bad.
