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Just War Theory

Christian Brothers Academy Spirit E I think the just war tradition is a great way to rate if a war is really worth fighting or is it really not worth fighting. For the first law Just Cause, yes I would say that we as the United States have just cause to end the terrorist attacks because it is really starting to get out of hand. The Second law Comparative Justice yes I would say that we have comparative justice because we have definitely suffered more than Afghanistan because we have lost many more people in their attacks than they have in any of our attacks. The Third Law Legitimate Authority is definitely being used in our country to begin our war against terrorism. Our highest rank is the president and he is the one that did declare war against terrorism. The Fourth Law Right Intention, yes I do think that right intention is being used because they killed 4500 of our citizens and all we are doing is wiping out terrorism not necessarily killing any people. We as a country just want to out do the terrorist actions and bring peace to all countries. The Fifth Law Probability of Success, yes I think that the probability of success is greater than the probability of success for the terrorists. The probability of success against terrorism is greater to prevail because the United States and Britain are just taking the initial step and if any thing goes wrong the United States has 90% of the other countries around the world to help us if we need them. The Sixth Law Proportionality is being put in effect that they keep the civilian casualties down to a minimum because that is not the purpose of the war and after the war the will have out done evil and the good and peaceful will prevail. The Seventh Law Last Resort was used before we started the actual combat and missal bombings. The United States gave the Taliban a list of Terrorists that they wanted and told them to turn...

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