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    THE MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN VIETNAM WAR The moral judgement on the vietnam war is relatively simple: all war is forbidden‚ the conflict in vietnam is war‚ therefore the vietnam war is forbidden. From the viewpoint of the “just wartheory‚ the morality or justice of the vietnam war can be determined only by applying the principles of jus ad bellum and details of vietnam war. There are 6 of the principles of the jus ad bellum: 1. Just Cause: ‘War is permissible only to confront “a real and certain danger”

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    The issue of war pose to us a question on if war is just‚ wrong or holy. These three questions can be answered after critical analysis on the purpose of the war. These question gives us possible views on ‘Wrong War’ being violent and the perception of killing being wrong. This is the pacifist view. Some wars are supposed to be interested in justice and should henceforth be conducted following the just rules. Such wars are referred to as termed as ‘Just War’. ‘Holy War’ belief suggests that the Supreme

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    Just War Theory For a war to be considered as just or correct‚ it must meet the six criteria known as The Just War Theory. The theory includes‚ Just Cause‚ Comparative Justice‚ Legitimate Authority‚ Probability of Success‚ Proportionality and Last Resort. However ‚ war is something that cannot be justified. War is addressing conflict with senseless bloodshed that could otherwise be resolved with words meaning the Just War Theory is unable to declare a war in history just. Just Cause states that

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    Just War Theory and a Thoughtful Realist One important theory within International Relations shows a moral aspect on how to conduct war. This theory is called Just War Theory. Just War Theory is a doctrine of military ethics from a philosophical and Catholic viewpoint. This theory consists of two parts: Jus ad bellum (the right to go to war) and Jus in bello (right conduct within war). Jus a bellum‚ the right to go to war‚ explicitly describes how a nation-state should conduct itself before

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    Felicia Melchor Professor L. Strong English 1302.23 16 October 2014 The Unjust Theory of The Iraq Invasion The events of 9/11 sparked a new fire under the Bush administration in order to fight the war of terror. By 2003‚ The U.S. government had reset their sites on Iraq president‚ Saddam Hussein. On March 20‚ 2003‚ President Bush launched Operation Iraqi Freedom‚ and then later renamed Operation Red Dawn‚ and American and British troops fought their way into Iraq (Library). In “Summa Theologica

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    The Just War Theory

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    What justifies war? Who justifies it? Why as human beings do we feel the need to fight‚ harm‚ and kill others to achieve certain goals? These questions have been pertinent to our society since the beginning of time and continue to challenge us to better understand the human psyche‚ and code of ethics that give Soldiers‚ Sailors‚ Airmen‚ Coast Guardsmen‚ and Marines credence to kill in the name of the United States of America. These ethics of war lay the foundation for that code of understanding and

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    Waging War For What? I’m sure most‚ if not all of you‚ are all familiar with the recently ended Iraq War. Well how would you like to hear that this 8 year long war was not even justified? According to the just war theory the well-known Iraq War is considered not a just war. Why you may ask? Well the just war theory has many different criteria and regulations that have to be met in order to consider a war just. Focusing in on a few of those criteria has determined that it is indeed not a just war. Some

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    Religion (Just War) Christianity preaches peace and loving your neighbor but for the history of christianity‚ there has been violence and war in its name. For Many years people have been killing other human beings in the name of christ or justifying their killings by saying that the war is in the name of god. The belief that violence and war can be justified is called the “Just War Theory.” Just war is a war that is justified because it is necessary for peace to happen. Just war theory has its

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    Just War PHI 208 Dr. David Tredinnick May 5‚ 2014 Just War War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is characterized by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread-armed conflict between political communities‚ and‚ therefore‚ is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a

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    history how different nations‚ states‚ groups and even people go to war for feuds that they believe matter to them and to gain something from this whether that be land‚ power or anything else. But should innocent lives be lost when achieving this goal? I believe that the lives of those that are not involved with war should not be compromised and there is no justifiable reason to do so. Some can argue that killing of innocents in war time is morally permissible for the greater good in a Utilitarian

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