Abstract

War is a recurring and ultimate arbiter involving organized armed conflicts ranging from larege world wars to smaller regional and civil wars. Many observers believe that war and its tragic consequences are inevitable. Because Western Just War Theory derives and draws primarily from only one religious and philosophical tradition (roman Catholicism,) it fails to serve as a universal account of the acceptability of war or, much less, sustain a global dialogue about all the moral issues pertaining to war. Comparative Just War Theory: An Introduction to International Perspectives, provides a much needed intervention into debates about the moral dimensions of war.