The just war tradition as we know it has its origins with Christian theology. In this dissertation, I examine the theological, in particular ontological, presuppositions of St. Augustine of Hippo in his elucidation of just war. By doing so, I show how certain metaphysical ideas of St. Augustine (especially those on existence, love, and the sovereignty of God) shaped the just war tradition. Following this, I examine the slow evacuation of his metaphysics from the just war tradition. Through the systemization of just war by St. Thomas Aquinas, aided later on by Bartolomé de Las Casas and Hugo Grotius, the doctrine became a shadowy reflection of the tradition. By analyzing the notions of morality in warfare by political realists (Waltz, Morg...
This paper gives an overview of how war theories in Christianity changed during the different period...
CITATION: Plaatjies van Huffel, M. A. 2016. From justifying war to justifying peace : a historical o...
Just war theory is a family of views that has undergone many important changes throughout its develo...
St. Augustine\u27s Just War Theory is relatively unique in the history of just war in that he relies...
Diploma thesis covers the old Christian tradition of just-war theory. This tradition, fully-establis...
The just war tradition is the predominant western framework for thinking about the ethics of contemp...
This essay starts from a presupposition that there is need for rethinking the theological framework ...
Abstract: Augustine, one of the greatest christian thinkers, tries to reconcile the love of neighbor...
The thesis discusses the development of the Christian just war tradition from the Antiquity to the c...
This Essay is divided into three parts. First, it briefly discusses Augustine on the notion of a n...
Abstract Galen Michener Turner, B.A. Department of Religious Studies, April 2010 University of Kansa...
This dissertation aims to look at the moral justification for war in a critical way so that we can b...
This thesis for the first time critically and comparatively examines contemporary Christian and phil...
This paper, in addressing Just War Theory and Pacifism, will argue that throughout church history th...
On February 24th, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with the intent to annex the neighboring country into...
This paper gives an overview of how war theories in Christianity changed during the different period...
CITATION: Plaatjies van Huffel, M. A. 2016. From justifying war to justifying peace : a historical o...
Just war theory is a family of views that has undergone many important changes throughout its develo...
St. Augustine\u27s Just War Theory is relatively unique in the history of just war in that he relies...
Diploma thesis covers the old Christian tradition of just-war theory. This tradition, fully-establis...
The just war tradition is the predominant western framework for thinking about the ethics of contemp...
This essay starts from a presupposition that there is need for rethinking the theological framework ...
Abstract: Augustine, one of the greatest christian thinkers, tries to reconcile the love of neighbor...
The thesis discusses the development of the Christian just war tradition from the Antiquity to the c...
This Essay is divided into three parts. First, it briefly discusses Augustine on the notion of a n...
Abstract Galen Michener Turner, B.A. Department of Religious Studies, April 2010 University of Kansa...
This dissertation aims to look at the moral justification for war in a critical way so that we can b...
This thesis for the first time critically and comparatively examines contemporary Christian and phil...
This paper, in addressing Just War Theory and Pacifism, will argue that throughout church history th...
On February 24th, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine with the intent to annex the neighboring country into...
This paper gives an overview of how war theories in Christianity changed during the different period...
CITATION: Plaatjies van Huffel, M. A. 2016. From justifying war to justifying peace : a historical o...
Just war theory is a family of views that has undergone many important changes throughout its develo...