POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Just War Theory, Post Bellum, Humanitarian Intervention
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We have to watch the film for the midterm (13 days and another look at email). This is a compromise of machiavelli (justifies all means). Treats war as something that just happens and tries to limit the damage as much as possible. Jus as bellum questions we ask before we go to war. War is just only when it is declared by a legitimate authority (only state). Non state actors are not allowed to declare war by international law. We need to make sure that the benefit brought by war needs to outweigh the loses and the war must be winnable, therefore just. If it satisfies all five, then it would be considered a just war. Jus in bello (justice in war): it limits the type of weapons that an army can use to attack and how injured soldiers should be treated; all these conventions provide a lot of examples for this.
