Post Tagged 'just war theory'

March 18, 2026

Just War Theory Yesterday and Today

For an ancient people, the Romans were atypical in their concern about the moral justification of their wars. Conquest, they believed, was at least potentially nefas (“wicked”) and risked the community’s suffering religious pollution and divine disapprobation. Continue Reading...

March 22, 2022

How do we determine the morality of economic sanctions?

Are economic sanctions morally permissible? That question has been asked by many people since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the imposition of a range of economic sanctions on Russian entities and individuals by the United States, most European nations, and many other countries. Continue Reading...