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- VIOLENCE: RELIGION, TERROR, WAR. McCormick, Patrick T. // Theological Studies;Mar2006, Vol. 67 Issue 1, p143
The survey examines writings in three areas: (1) the causes and cures of the rise of religious violence and terrorism, with particular attention to how Christian theology and the Bible contribute to or challenge this violence; (2) the ethical challenges of terrorism and the need to find a moral...
- A Swiftian Harvest. Ehrenreich, Barbara // Progressive;May2003, Vol. 67 Issue 5, p14
Discusses the concept of just war. Efforts by philosophers to define the limits of just war doctrine; Logical implications of putting the justification for going to war in the same level as hunting; Economic and medical uses of human cadaver in war.
- In war and in peace. Bell Jr., Daniel M. // Christian Century;9/6/2005, Vol. 122 Issue 18, p26
Discusses the implications of the just war theory for Christianity. Challenges being faced by a church that seeks to embody the just war tradition; Criteria to consider in applying the theory; Virtues that commensurate with the tradition.
- Just and Unjust War in the Terrorist Age. Pavlischek, Keith // Intercollegiate Review;Spring2002, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p24
Americans have always sought to fight "moral" wars, and this is true once more in the war against terrorism. After September 11, 2001, rather than prosecuting an indiscriminant and disproportionate Western counter-jihad against the Muslim world, American political and military leaders have...
- The Moral Equality of Combatants. Ceulemans, Carl // Parameters: U.S. Army War College;Winter2007, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p99
The article discusses the Just War tradition and the doctrine of the moral equality of combatants. It discusses whether combatants can be blamed for unjust wars, examining hypothetical scenarios and concluding that while the moral equality of combatants is never absolute, it is easier to assign...
- Kosovo. Hehir, J. Bryan // America;05/15/99, Vol. 180 Issue 17, p7
Presents a response to a criticism of religious leaders and moralists who fail to provide either clear foundations or clear conclusions for their assessments of the war in Kosovo, Serbia. Applicability of the just-war ethic; Arguments from critics of just cause; Assessment of the North Atlantic...
- Of Many Things. Christiansen, Drew // America;2/12/2007, Vol. 196 Issue 5, p2
The article reflects on the analysis of just war, which critics contend to lack ethical sense. The author states that the Catholic Church and the leading Protestant churches teach the morality of the use of force, and employ it to comment on foreign military policy. Moreover, Catholic military...
- ANSWERING RODIN'S ATTACK ON JUST WAR'S ETHICAL GROUNDING: IMMINENCE, NECESSITY, AND PROPORTIONALITY IN SELF-DEFENSE AND IN WAR. Del Pozo, Brandon // Kennedy School Review;2004, Vol. 5, p13
One common way to morally justify war is by basing it on the widely accepted ethical doctrine of personal self-defense. By either analogy or reduction, war is likened to individuals defending themselves from a threat of death or other serious harm. David Rodin contends that either method fails...
- The just war and the Gulf war. McMahan, Jeff; McKim, Robert // Canadian Journal of Philosophy;Dec93, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p501
Contributes to a better understanding of the ethics both of war in general and of the Gulf war in particular. Principles of the traditional theory of the just war; Principles governing permissible conduct in wartime; Evaluation of the Gulf war in relation to these principles; War and its causal...
