Add to ORKGThis essay sets forth some of the intellectual groundwork for applying the principle of double effect in order to determine whether or not a just nuclear war is possible. The methodology employed in this essay is to examine three issues-the killing of the innocent, the purpose of war, and American nuclear strategy-from several different perspectives including those of Augustine and Aquinas, in order to begin the process of recovering the Augustinian-Thomistic just war theories. In addition, as part of the analysis of American nuclear strategy, this essay examines a recently proposed new form of deterrence: Star Wars deterrence. This new kind of deterrence may actually be able to satisfy the criteria of the Augustinian-Thomistic just war the...
Considerable attention has been turned in recent years to the processes by which war has become glob...
Pacifism and realism both presuppose an unbridgeable gap between war and morality. The pacifist, abh...
This essay briefly explores the history of Catholic ethics on war and peace. It then discusses Catho...
During the Cold War, two basic schools of thought emerged among U.S. Christian leaders and ethicists...
Justice in the recourse to war and in the conduct of war can be measured. Some of the world\u27s gr...
President Truman’s decision to drop two nuclear weapons on Japan to end World War II is one of the m...
Just as Plato and Socrates sought truth by dialogue, so does this paper. In keeping with this Socrat...
This Independent Study thesis is divided into two four chapters. The first chapter, “The World Will ...
Diploma thesis covers the old Christian tradition of just-war theory. This tradition, fully-establis...
In the introduction I give a brief history of the concept of "nuclear deterrence." Next I discuss wa...
A freshman major in modern languages with an emphasis in Spanish and French from Spokane, Washington...
The future of civilization, perhaps of the human race, hinges on our ability to avoid nuclear war. T...
In studying the history of the ethics of war, the just war tradition may be interpreted as a histori...
The Just War Theory, developed from the time of St. Augustine, has been subject to attack from numer...
Within the twentieth century, war has increasingly become a means by which states attempt to advance...
Considerable attention has been turned in recent years to the processes by which war has become glob...
Pacifism and realism both presuppose an unbridgeable gap between war and morality. The pacifist, abh...
This essay briefly explores the history of Catholic ethics on war and peace. It then discusses Catho...
During the Cold War, two basic schools of thought emerged among U.S. Christian leaders and ethicists...
Justice in the recourse to war and in the conduct of war can be measured. Some of the world\u27s gr...
President Truman’s decision to drop two nuclear weapons on Japan to end World War II is one of the m...
Just as Plato and Socrates sought truth by dialogue, so does this paper. In keeping with this Socrat...
This Independent Study thesis is divided into two four chapters. The first chapter, “The World Will ...
Diploma thesis covers the old Christian tradition of just-war theory. This tradition, fully-establis...
In the introduction I give a brief history of the concept of "nuclear deterrence." Next I discuss wa...
A freshman major in modern languages with an emphasis in Spanish and French from Spokane, Washington...
The future of civilization, perhaps of the human race, hinges on our ability to avoid nuclear war. T...
In studying the history of the ethics of war, the just war tradition may be interpreted as a histori...
The Just War Theory, developed from the time of St. Augustine, has been subject to attack from numer...
Within the twentieth century, war has increasingly become a means by which states attempt to advance...
Considerable attention has been turned in recent years to the processes by which war has become glob...
Pacifism and realism both presuppose an unbridgeable gap between war and morality. The pacifist, abh...
This essay briefly explores the history of Catholic ethics on war and peace. It then discusses Catho...