Imagine you are a Syrian refugee, going from camp to camp with little to no hope of finding a better life. Having fled your home with the fears of being killed, tortured, or kidnapped. You are forced to leave your home for staying would be worse than leaving. Sadly, this is the reality for over 4.5 million Syrian refugees. The war has caused a global refugee crisis that has yet to be resolved. The just war theory can be applied...
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âFeminism is the belief that women are of equal social and human value with men, and that the differences between men and women, whether biologically based or culturally derived, do not and should not constitute grounds for discrimination against womenâ (Reardon 1985, 20). This definition best summarizes the core concept of feminism. From this simple belief, feminism has developed into a social movement and further, a political theory with the question of how society and gender affect each other. As...
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Just War Theory Jus in Bello The Jus in Bello aspect of the Just War Theory addresses how nations and states that initiate military intervention should act while in war. The Jus in Bello piece of the theory regulates and provides an ethical framework for judging whether actions whilst in war are ethical or unethical. One of the fundamental aspects of the Jus in Bello theory is that the actions taken by the state initiating the war must be âproportionalâ...
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How important is a nationâs national security? What would happen if one of their critical infrastructures failed? These are some of the topics that are discussed by nations around the globe. The one thing both of the above-mentioned examples have in common is more than likely they have some sort of computer working on them, some cyber device. If I attempted to assassinate another countries Prime Minister, that would be considered an act of war. But if I hacked into...
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The ethics and legitimacy of humanitarian intervention is often questioned, with a nationâs real intentions often being unknown, and this has led to beliefs that it may be used as a façade to disguise neocolonialism occurring. The idea of humanitarian intervention was publicised and reworked by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty under the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) name, as now used by the UN. Within the released report The Responsibility to protect, humanitarian intervention was discussed, looking...
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The discussion of the ethics of war goes back to the Greeks and Romans, although neither civilisation behaved particularly well in war. In the Christian tradition war ethics were developed by St Augustine, and later by St Thomas Aquinas and others. Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), a Dutch philosopher and author of De Jure Belli Ac Pacis (The Rights of War and Peace), wrote down the conditions for a just war that are accepted today. Cicero argued that there was no acceptable...
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From Ciceroâs early ideas to Saint Augustineâs substantial contributions, the just war theory has been used as a means to morally justify the choice to go to war and maintain that the war is fought justly. Although the idea and ârulesâ of just war have evolved over time, the idea of just war has become redundant. There are several reasons as to why just war has become obsolete including ambiguity and personal interpretation of criteria and flaws in the foundation...
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According to the US Department of Defence, âirregular warfare (IW) is defined as a violent struggle among state and non- state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populationsâ (âIrregular Warfareâ 5). Irregular warfare is waged by irregular fighters such as terrorists or guerrillas and what constitutes irregular warfare is determined by the tactics of war deemed unjust by just war theory and thus excluded from International Humanitarian Law. However, the just reasons for going to war and the...
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Yemen is facing with problems they have been struggling to resolve for a long period. Their incapability to fix these obstacles is putting them at risk with even greater ones. Due to the years of conflict, they have dealt with they are on the brink of a catastrophe. Yemen is one of the worldâs poorest countries and almost every third person needs humanitarian assistance. Ten million of its people is in hunger, and the number has more than doubled since...
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