Philosophy 2083F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Stone Age, Just War Theory
6 Dec 2012
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According to common sense, terrorism is the paradigm of senseless or at the very least of down sight illegitimate and detestable violence. We are not only responsible for our deeds but we are also responsible for the formation of our beliefs since everything further follows from this. Intellectual integrity is the condition for every other form of integrity. Just war theory distinguishes the legitimacy of entering or continuing respectively certain war just ad bellum from the legitimacy of a certain kind of warfare, that is the legitimacy of the manner in which war is waged. Every single individual is a legitimate authority and has the right to declare war on others or the state. Whoever is reluctant to use the expression war in this context can replace it with armed conflict. The criterion of right intention is interpreted here in a significantly more tolerant way than is the case in the tradition of just war theory.
