PHIL 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mock Execution, Richard Perle, International Monetary Fund
29 Sep 2016
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Position that denies this is called pacifism. Claims that wars is never a way to resolve disputes even to repel an armed attack. Position is most often defended on religious grounds (friends/quackers) In the u. s pacifists can be excused from military duty. War must be decided and controlled by duly authorized power, such as government or king. Rules out revolutions, wars against colonial domination. Security council approval only happens when the big powers agree. Some wars might be justified even when they don"t agree. Leaves room for controversy over when a national government may fight a war which is not a war of self defense against armed attack. A just cause needs to justify the suffering and destruction that a war will cause. Self defense against an actual armed attack. Those deciding to go to war must have the right intention, in particular, they must act on a just cause and not merely use it as an excuse.
