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→Catholic Church on Just War Theory
== Catholic Church on Just War Theory ==
== Catholic Church on Just War Theory ==
Just War is a Christian theory of moral ethics that goes back to [[Saint Augustine]] and St. [[Thomas Aquinas]]. It attempts to delineate the precise conditions under which a War can be a called a Just War: "the task of just war theory is to seek a middle path between them: to justify at least some wars, but also to limit them (Ramsey 1961)." <ref>https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/war/</ref>
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "2309 The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "2309 The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy.