Personal Religious Biography Growing Up Journal

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It is uncertain who was the one to bring the largest contribution to the just war theory, as certain individuals believe it was Augustine while others consider Thomas Aquinas to be responsible for the concept (War).

There is more than one condition which can make warfare justified, with the main three notions concerning the just war theory being Jus ad bellum, Jus in bello, and Jus post bellum. The first notion involves one community going to war against another in order to do justice by either recuperating stolen lands or punishing those who committed immoralities. The Jus in bello war theory refers to combatants performing war without harming non-combatants.

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Jus post bellum involves a community engaging in ending a conflict consequent to leaving the offender with no options other than to surrender and to cooperate with the victor (War).

Given the fact that warfare involves murders one can consider that no reason is strong enough to influence communities in going at war. It is divisive whether or not war can ever be justified. The just war theory is an ethical dilemma; it involves people having to use immorality in order to stop immoralities from happening.

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