PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Economic Sanctions
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Just war doctrine developed by catholic church intellectuals, with perhaps islamic influence from crusades. Augustine of hippo: accepted war in self-defense or to preserve or restore peace. Thomas aquinas: defended some principles we will study and others that now seem irrelevant. Worried whether wars could be fought on sunday. Whether ambush is a morally permissible tactic. The positio(cid:374) that de(cid:374)ies this is (cid:272)alled (cid:862)pa(cid:272)ifis(cid:373)(cid:863) Usually defended on religious grounds (friends/quakers, other groups) In us, pacifists can be excused from military duty. War must be decided and controlled by duly authorized power, such as a government or king. These have occurred in last few decades, where mercenaries have tried to take over a small country. Ma(cid:396)ga(cid:396)et that(cid:272)he(cid:396)"s so(cid:374) a(cid:396)(cid:396)ested fo(cid:396) plotti(cid:374)g (cid:272)oup agai(cid:374)st e(cid:395)uato(cid:396)ial. Un charter gives power to make war to the un security council. 15 members, veto power for permanent members: us, britain, russia, Any country can defend against actual armed attack.
