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| War: War is an armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. See also Conflicts, Peace, Violence, Coercion, State, Politics._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Augustine on War - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 115 War/Augustine/Höffe: According to Augustine, if there is an unjust state of peace, a war directed against it is justified(1). Here he introduces the topos of the just war (iustum bellum) into Christian thinking and, following Cicero, sets out three criteria for it that are still worthy of discussion today: A war is only then just if it is ordered by a legitimate authority, if it is waged for a legitimate reason (ius ad bellum) and finally if it is waged out of the right attitude, in which criteria for a just conduct in war (ius in bello) are implied. "Love of violence, vengeful cruelty, wild and irreconcilable enmity" are forbidden(2); the goal of war must always be a (just) peace. >Peace, >Conflicts, >Justice, >International relations. 1. Augustine, The State of God, De civitate dei XIX,7 and 12. 2. Contra Faustum 22, 74 _____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Augustine Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-17