Concept tag
#just-war-theory
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What is the difference between jus ad bellum and jus in bello, and why keep them apart?
Reading history, I keep meeting two Latin phrases: jus ad bellum and jus in bello. I understand roughly that the first is about whether going to war is just, and the second about how the war is fought. What I don't understand…
Started by Fajar Nugroho4 replies -
How much of just war theory is really in Augustine?
Every introduction I read says that Augustine founded the Christian theory of just war. So I went looking for the treatise. I have read a fair amount of The City of God for other reasons and could not find one. What I…
Started by Siobhán Keane4 replies