Provide a comprehensive answer using your reading, knowledge and experience for this Discussion Question. Just War Theory, beginning with Cicero, states that “war should be a last resort,” only when discussion has failed. Do you agree with this tenet? Do you think negotiating a peace with the Taliban and al-Qaeda would have been more ethical than invading Afghanistan one month after the U.S. was attacked on 9/11?
Resources:
Cahill, L. S. (1994). Love your enemies: Discipleship, pacifism and just war theory. Minnesota: Fortress Press.
Chapter 1: Pacifism or Just War Thinking?
Chapter 5: Justice, War, and the Common Good
Chapter 6: Reformation Interpretations of Just War
Christopher, P. (2004). The ethics of war and peace: An introduction to legal and moral issues (3rd ed.). Retrieved from https://vitalsource.com/
Section I: The Just War Tradition
White, J. E. (2012). Contemporary moral problems: War, torture, terrorism and assassination (4th ed.). United States: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
“Rethinking the Just War Tradition”
“The Slippery Slope to Preventative War”
“The Terrorist’s Tacit Message”