History of War: Has the Idea of Just War Become Redundant?

History of war

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
The War Theory..........................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

Topic: Has the idea of just war become redundant?
INTRODUCTION
The history of war considers as one of the interesting topic of research which helps in
evaluating reasons behind a fight, as well as it impacts on people and on a country. For this
purpose, a number of approaches like military history can be used to understand conflict between
two parties. The war takes different character such as preoccupation with conventional war
between two states over the year. War not only gives impact on society, economy, culture and
environment but also different political implications. The main objectives the report is to
determine if the idea of war becomes redundant or unnecessary. For this purpose, concept of just
war theory and its history will be taken, with its applicability in 20th and 21st century warfare.
MAIN BODY
The War Theory
To address ever-growing requirement for a set of belief, concepts or even changes in rules
of activities for fighting a war, the just war tradition has been applied. In 20th and 21st century,
the pace of war has completely changed due to higher technology weapons, cyber warfare, drone
and more. The war theory mainly deals with the justification of the way wars have been fought,
with specified reasons. on the basis of theoretical or historical aspects. Hereby, theoretical
aspects ethically justified the war and analyse if warfare is or is not taken.. On other hand
historical aspects refers “ just war tradition” applies rules and agreement of history to justify the
reason. It supports to examine ethics and philosophic vision (Williamson, 2016). Christian
philosophy proposes just war theory who interprets three statement. i.e. takes human life doesn't
appropriate way in war. All states are obliged to safe their citizen, protects docile human life and
maintain transparency in justice which keep safe moral value of human beings. Just war theory
also refers as tradition of military ethics which is studied by military leaders, policy-maker,
ethicists and theologian. The main goal of the theory is to make ensure that war is virtuously
justifiable on the basis of series of criteria. Such criteria is mainly divided into two sections i.e.
“right to go to war” and another is “right conduct in war”. The first section interprets that the
morality should applicable in the war without concern while other interpret that the moral or

ethics should conduct within war. While third section also includes in war theory that's “just post
bellum”. It interprets that morality of post-war should settlement and reconstruct. Just war theory
express that war is not the worst or terrible option for peoples. Sometimes, it is significant to
justify law even outcome gets desirable or undesirable (Ward and Burns, 2018). On other hand
opponents of just war theory express that war is not justifiable for the war because it leads
separation in human being and destruction of money, culture and economy. Some philosophers
postulate that individuals ned doesn't require fight while opponent soldiers claim that war is the
way to fulfil demands of individual one. Some philosophers state that war is proposed to a
stricter pacifist standard while opponent states that war is occurred for nationalist standard,
means war requires to serve nation's interest in being justifiable. War theory is basically designed
to achieve objective of war so that understand it is important or not for 21st century. The main
reason of the just war theory because in 20th century war was cold war. Between 1945 and 1983,
war converts into bloody war due to military conflict. In these decades,around 20 million people
are killed due to 100 major military conflict (Karoubi, 2017). Beside of this economic crisis also
occurs which reduces humanity in peoples in 21st century. Thus, warfare concept changes from
20th century to 21st century.