Blogs Posts on "Just War"

Thank God for the New Testament: Rabbi tells IDF to show no mercy by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 14, 2009And what is scary, is that people often associate this country with Old Testament Israel. The Israel Defense Forces’ chief rabbi told students in a pre-army yeshiva program last week that soldiers who “show mercy” toward the enemy...

Walking Away from Nuremberg by Sub Ratione Dei on Jun 28, 2009Walking Away From Nuremberg: Just War and the Doctrine of Command Responsibility, University of Massachusetts Press, 2007. Walking Away from Nuremberg is a carefully crafted and intricate thesis on the regrettable evolution of military ethics and its...

On Targeting Civilians: Israel’s Attack on Gaza - Jus in Bello? (i) by Sub Ratione Dei on Dec 30, 2008I have a pretty dreadful record of finishing blog series but I’m going to try to take an attempt at another one. In this series I will analyse the current Israeli military offensive in Gaza in terms of Just War Theory (JWT).Well, here’

The "just" war vs. "jihad" by Divine Ripples on Dec 28, 2008     There are certain conditions that justifies Christians to take up arms. WWII is a clear struggle with evil.        But Christians do not engage in "jihad" with non-believers ( - not in my lifetime at least).     On the contrary,