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Full Idea
Classical just war theory: resist aggression; just cause must be the real reason; must be proportionate; last resort; not futile; made by a nation's authority.
Gist of Idea
Just wars: resist aggression, done on just cause, proportionate, last resort, not futile, legal
Source
Tuckness,A/Wolf,C (This is Political Philosophy [2017], 9 'Ius ad')
Book Ref
Tuckness,A / Wolf,C: 'This is Political Philosophy' [Wiley Blackwell 2017], p.165
A Reaction
[My squashed summary of Tuckness and Wolf] A very helpful list, from Cicero, Augustine and Aquinas. So where is the sticking point for pacifists? Presumably it is never the last resort, and aggression should not answer aggression.
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