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Arguments Against Just War Theory

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Just War Theory has been use for a thousand years, is what Christian ethicists and theologians have used to determine when it is morally acceptable for someone to go to war. Augustine and a few others are mainly responsible for the guidelines to the Just War Theory. He made some assumptions about a Christian citizen’s duty to obey political authority and contribute to the task to the civic life (Clough & Stiltner, 2007, pg. 53). Augustine believed that the only just reason for going to war was to maintain peace. Pacifism believes that the use of military force is never moral. Just War theorists accurately criticize this view on the grounds that evil aggressors exist who seek to kill and dominate the innocent, and that force is often the only effective way to stop them. War is sometimes morally necessary (Brook & Epstein). In the book Faith and Force, we see the co-authors have a debate about many issues and one of them is about Just War Theory. After reading this debate I would have to say that I agree and say that had the better of this debate is Brian Stiltner. …show more content…

I couldn’t agree more with that just imagine how many more people would of have died under the brutal oppressing force of Saddam Hussein if the United States had been unwilling to expel the invaders. War is an awful thing, its dehumanizing but unfortunately war is often necessary. Pacifism has a great intention, if the United States was pacifist, we wouldn’t be the free country we are today. It would be great if everyone was a pacifist and got along. It would be great if we could solve our problems with words. Unfortunately, there are many people who focus on war as a first resort. It is important to be able to defend and protect your people. As long as the world continues to contain so many problems and so many people willing to start and continue wars, pacifism is too idealistic and not

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