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Moral and political theology

Just war theory

War can be just only under conditions such as legitimate authority, just cause, and right intention.

Leitfrage

When can the use of public force be morally ordered rather than sinful violence?

Warum es wichtig ist

Aquinas gives a compact but influential account of political responsibility and moral limits in conflict.

Der argumentative Gang

  1. 1War must be declared by legitimate public authority, not private initiative.
  2. 2There must be a just cause, such as response to wrongdoing.
  3. 3The intention must be rightly ordered toward peace and justice, not cruelty or domination.