Criteria of a <\/p>\n
\u2022 Last resort. \u201cAll other means to the morally just solution of a conflict must be exhausted before resort to arms can be regarded as legitimate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2022 Just cause. \u201cWar can be just only if employed to defend a stable order or morally preferable cause against threats of destruction or the use of injustice.\u201d (Goals must be seen as just, the opponent must be clearly unjust, even though there is ambiguity in the self.)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Right attitudes. \u201cWar must be carried out with the right attitudes. (The intention must be the restoration of justice, not retaliation or revenge.)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Prior declaration of war. \u201cWar must be explicitly declared by a legitimate authority.\u201d (A formal declaration must precede conflict.)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Reasonable hope of success. \u201cWar may be conducted only by military means that promise a reasonable attainment of the moral and political objectives being sought.\u201d (If there is not a reasonable chance of success then it is wrong to fight no matter how just the cause.)<\/p>\n
\u2022 Noncombatant immunity. \u201cSelective immunity must be honored for certain parts of the enemy\u2019s population\u201d (particularly noncombatants, women, aged and children).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Proportionality. \u201cThere must be reasonable expectation that the good results will exceed the evils involved.\u201d (Thus any victory whose cost is greater than the eventual outcome expected is not right.)<\/p>\n
David Augsberger, When Enough is Enough, (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1984), p. 171.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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