Just War
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Just War Exercise
We brainstormed in class about various “causes of conflict”. Take a look at the menu the class came up with (its a good one).Review the lecture notes, the textbook, and the video on Thursday. Write an essay on the topic “When Is Military Intervention Justified”. The objective here is to get you to think about those factors, about your own personal knowledge of historical and current events and to integrate those into a cogent statement of your own philosophy regarding legitimate conditions for military intervention. As I mentioned in class.you never know, YOU or one of your loved ones might be the one called upon to “intervene” in places like Iraq or Afghanistan at some time in the future.
You should limit your essay to three double spaced pages or less—-in other words, identify and defend only the most compelling reasons which, in your view, would justify military intervention in another state.
Please pay close attention to crafting a good introductory and