POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jus Ad Bellum, Just War Theory, J. Walter Thompson
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Eric patterson, just war in the 21st century: reconceptualizing just war theory after september 11 . Many feel that the us lacks a framework for the ethical and practical resort to force. Perhaps because the scholarly and religious communities are against the usage of state power + military force. Policy-making tends to rely on ethical categories developed in periods of de-colonization and atomic energy that followed ww2. Just war and the war on terror are flawed ideas. Those who take just war seriously, such as scholars who operate from a religious pov, forget the eminent practicality of just war tenets. Proponents of just war usually fail to reflect on how modern warfare has changed. Argument: the war on terror should: value and promote human life + international security (jus ad bellum), Reconceptualize a minimal just war criteria for doing so (jus in bello) Proposes that we look to the cold war containment policies for lessons about finishing" the war on.
