 First, the authority of the sovereign, by whose command the war is to be waged. . . . Secondly, a just cause is required, namely, that those who are attacked, should be attacked because they deserve it on account of some fault. . . . Thirdly, it is necessary...  The Catholic Historical Review - Page 1411927Full view - About this book
 | Saint Thomas (Aquinas) - 1917 - 584 pages
...did not forbid soldiering. I answer that, In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged. For it is not the business of a private individual to declare war, because he can seek for redress... | |
 | Micheline Ishay - Human rights - 1997 - 560 pages
...did not forbid soldiering. I answer that, In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged. For it is not the business of a private individual to dedare war, because he can seek for redress of... | |
 | Torbjorn L. Knutsen, Torbjørn L. Knutsen - History - 1997 - 370 pages
...preventing injustice. In Aquinas' famous words: In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged. For it is not the business of a private person to declare war, because he can seek for redress of his... | |
 | Neil A. Porter - Science - 1998 - 306 pages
...discussion is given by St Thomas Aquinas. Aquinas says [4]: There are three conditions of a Just War. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged. For it is not the business of the private individual to declare war or to summon the nation. The second... | |
 | James Turner Johnson - Philosophy - 2001 - 276 pages
...presupposed but did not himself elaborate. For a war to be just, Thomas writes, "three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged." While twentieth-century just war thought typically lists just cause first among the criteria for justified... | |
 | David L. Sills, Robert King Merton - Social Science - 2000 - 466 pages
...required for any war to be just. The first is the authority of the sovereign on whose command war is waged. . . Secondly, a just cause is required, namely that those who are attacked are attacked because they deserve it on account of some wrong they have done. . . Thirdly, the right... | |
 | James Brown Scott - International law - 2002 - 1046 pages
...own.-—Ibid., Book II, chap. i. Just War In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged. For it is not the business of a private individual to declare war, because he can seek for redress... | |
 | Tessa J. Bartholomeusz - Buddhism - 2002 - 240 pages
...Augustine's ideology on war, maintained that “in order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged.” The PA government, asserting its authority to declare war. finds justification in ancient Buddhist... | |
 | Robert A. Bowie - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 356 pages
...the answers to the first four questions In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged. For it is not the business of a private individual to declare war, because he can seek for redress... | |
 | Ergun Mehmet Caner, Emir Fethi Caner - History - 2004 - 246 pages
...clear parameters for an ethical conflict: In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign by whose command the war is to be waged. For it is not the business of a private individual to declare war, because he can seek for redress... | |
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