Just Cause for War

Ethics and International Affairs 19 (3):1-21 (2005)
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A just cause for war is a type of wrong that may make those responsible for it morally liable to military attack as a means of preventing or rectifying it. This claim has implications that conflict with assumptions of the current theory of just war.

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10.1111/j.1747-7093.2005.tb00551.x

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