TerrorismCan terrorism ever be justified?

Terrorism

Warfare

Warfare How, if at all,

can war be justified?

Assuming it can be justified how should it be conducted?

Warfare Most answers

fall into 3 main categories:RealismPacifismJust War

Theory

Warfare Realism:

• The view that moral standards are not applicable to war, and that it instead must be judged on how well it serves the state interest.

Warfare Pacifism:

• The view that war is never morally permissible.

Warfare Just War Theory:

• The doctrine that war may be morally permissible under stipulated conditions.

WarfareJust War Theory:

Concerned with 2 issues

1. The justification for resorting to war.

2. The moral permissibility of acts in war.

The Justice of War1. The justification

for resorting to war.

Traditionally labeled, jus ad bellum or “the justice of war”.

Going to war can be morally justified only if certain requirements are met.

The Justice of War1. The cause must

be just.2. The war must be

sanctioned by proper authority.

3. The war should be fought with the right intentions.

4. Armed conflict should be a last resort.

5. The good resulting from war must be proportional to the bad.

6. There must be a reasonable chance of success.

Justice In War2. The moral

permissibility of acts in war.

Traditionally

labeled Jus in bello or “justice in war”.

Justice In War1. Discrimination:

Those fighting a war must distinguish between combatants and noncombatants, never deliberately targeting the latter.

Noncombatant Immunity:• The status of a

person who should not be intentionally attacked in war.

Justice In War2. Proportionality:

The use of force should be proportional to the rightful aims of war

3. No evil means: For example:

• Genocide• Biological Warfare• Chemical Warfare• Nuclear Attack

Justice In War4. Benevolent

Quarantine: Soldiers to

surrender to their enemies should be treated humanely

TerrorismCan terrorism ever be justified?

Warfare

Warfare Humanitarian

Intervention:• The act of a State

going to war to defend people of another State against the murderous aggression of their own regime.