POL208Y1 Lecture 8: Lecture 8.docx
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Kinds of conflicts and crises that cause war. War is a recurring evil- but its destructiveness can and should be constrained. Critique: it legitimizes war and provides it with a (cid:129)ehumane(cid:129)f facade. Aquinas (1225-1274); hugo grotius (1583-1645). (cid:129)gwar is always judged twice, first with reference to the reasons states have for fighting, secondly with reference to the means they adopt(cid:129)h (walzer). Jus ad bellum (justice in the decisions to go to war), just in bello (justice in war), just post bellum (more recent approach, justice post war). The core of these theory addresses reasons why states can go to war or should and secondly what they can do once they(cid:129)fre involved in a conflict. Jus ad bellum: demand that before states go to war they have just cause - self defense (un charter). Endorses the decision to engage in war only for defense and as a last resort.
