HIST 133 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Old Testament, Just War Theory
31 Aug 2016
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Christian new testament- account of jesus life written by his nearest followers. Old testament- includes the jewish holy scriptures. Warfare in old testament was a metaphor and not taken literally. Constantine sees his famous vision, which convinced him to convert to. Aristotle (384-322 bce: coined the phrase just war ", believed that in order to be just, war had to be a means to an end, the purpose for war had to be peace, theory of just war: To create an empire that will benefit the people of the conquering state. Religion was supposed to be good for you and help improve the state"s interest: any war that serves the states needs was unjust. Just cause based on legal contracts: if one state injured another or broke a mutual agreement, then the other state was justified to make war on them, war should have a defensive purpose or a punitive purpose.
