How justifiable are Just-Wars? A critical review

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  • Adebayo Ola Afolaranmi Lead City University Ibadan, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57040/asshj.v2i3.54

Keywords:

Christian History, Conflicts, Just War Theory, Pacifism, Peace, Wars

Abstract

This paper is a critical review of the theory of just war. The paper attempts to explain what Just-War Theory is. An overview of the history of Just War Tradition is given. There are some cited assumptions and approaches of Just-War Theory. The paper also gives some strengths and weaknesses of Just-War. The paper also gives some strengths and weaknesses of Just-War.  The paper concludes with the fact that Just War Theory provides balances that must be taken into consideration when there is any necessitated war that results from inevitable conflicts. Furthermore, the paper concludes that the strengths of the theory should be built on when there is such war.

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2021-08-18

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