JUST WAR THEORY

Question 1

What does 'proportional force' mean?

Accepted Answer

You must use only enough force to win, no WMDs

Question 2

What is meant by 'proportionality of projected results'?

Accepted Answer

The outcome must be clearly better than the damage inflicted

Question 3

Reasonable chance of succes is important because .... (catholic bishops of USA)

Accepted Answer

prevent irrational resort to force and hopeless resistance

Question 4

The war must happen after all other means to solve the problem have been tried first.

Accepted Answer

Last resort

Question 5

Which one below was one of the conditions of a just war of St Augustine

Accepted Answer

Just cause

Question 6

What did St Thomas Aquinas mean by 'right intention'?

Accepted Answer

No hidden agenda, genuinely good reasons and motives

Question 7

What does the just war condition - 'comparative justice' mean?

Accepted Answer

Your reasons must be morally superior to the opponents

Question 8

Who made Christianity the religion of the empire?

Accepted Answer

Constantine

Question 9

Who reformulated the just war conditions by adding four more conditions in 1983

Accepted Answer

Catholic Bishops of the USA

Question 10

What is meant by 'jus post bellum'?

Accepted Answer

Justice after the war

Question 11

Who first came up with the idea of a just war?

Accepted Answer

St Augustine

Question 12

War aimedindiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities ...is a crime against God and man

Accepted Answer

Gaudium et Spes (Vatican 2 council - Roman Catholic)

Question 13

One condition for a just war is that there should be a 'resonable chance of ___________

Accepted Answer

success

Question 14

Why did the early Christians refuse to fight or use any violence?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 15

Which two conditions fall under 'jus in bello'

Accepted Answer

Discrimination and proportional force

Question 16

What does the just war condition of 'discrimination' mean?

Accepted Answer

You must not target innocent civilians

Question 17

What is meant by 'jus in bello'?

Accepted Answer

Justice during the war

Question 18

Which one below is one of St Augustine's just war conditions?

Accepted Answer

Legitimate authority

Question 19

Who came up with 'right intention' as another condition of a just war?

Accepted Answer

St Thomas Aquinas

Question 20

What is meant by 'jus ad bellum'?

Accepted Answer

Justice before the war

Question 21

'War is permissible only to confront areal and certain danger' Who said this?

Accepted Answer

Catholic Bishops of the USA, 1983

Question 22

Give an example of 'comparative justice'

Accepted Answer

The Allies reasons for war compared to Hitler's reasons

Question 23

Combatants must not feel enmity ...., must keep a virtuous inward disposition whilst killing.

Accepted Answer

St Augustine

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