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Who made this theory?
St Thomas Aquinas
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What is this theory?
A war should only be fought for a cause that is morally justified
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Jus ad bellum
* Last resort - War must be the last resort * Legitimate authority - War must be lawfully declared by a government with the authority to declare war * Just cause - There must be a just cause and proper intention for the war * Reasonable success - There must be a reasonable chance of success
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Jus in bellum
* Good outweighs evil - The good gained by winning the war must be greater than the evil caused by fighting it * Proportionality - there must be proportionality, only ‘appropriate force’ should be used. * Innocent shouldn’t be killed * Peace restored at the end