Just War Ethics and Thinkers

Valeria Shashenok

Ukrainian TikToker who posted darkly funny videos from a bomb shelter during the 2022 invasion.

Henry Shue

Wrote on last resort, proportionality, and reasonable prospect of success.

G.E.M. Anscombe

Wrote 'War and Murder'; defined murder as killing the innocent and used double effect.

Michael Walzer

Author of 'Just and Unjust Wars'; wrote on sieges, the right to leave, and guerilla warfare.

USCCB (U.S. Catholic bishops)

Wrote 'The Challenge of Peace' (1983) supporting no first use and conditional deterrence.

Pope Leo XIV

Spoke against the Iran war and wrote Magnifica humanitas on AI.

Amos

Hebrew prophet who condemned war crimes by Israel and its neighbors.

Augustine

Father of just war theory; stated peace is the aim of war and origin of right intention.

Honoré Bonet

Medieval monk who protected peasants, such as ox-herds and ploughmen, from war.

Thomas Aquinas

Outlined presumption against war with three conditions: just authority, just cause, right intention.