POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Preventive War, Preemptive War, Security Dilemma
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The only just war is a response to aggression. Non-intervention is a key pillar of just war theory. Walzer is in favor of preemptive war: preventive war is war when there are rumblings in the distance of war but no guarantee. Powers are growing and they may or may not be a concern to you but you are concerned about it. Walzer is not in favor of preventive war; says to wait and see if anything happens. A security dilemma is when you risk your security in an attempt to improve it. Walzer denies the middle range, should a states man or woman have the right to prevent a general security dilemma before it actually arrives. Walzer says just because you think your neighbor has weapons does not mean you can attack him. You need to have evidence and clearly being threatened to do anything, otherwise you are being aggressive.
