ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF WAR AND JUSTICE
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War theory concept The Western thinker who gave birth to the idea of a just war was Saint Augustin and has long been recognized as the 'just war.' However, this does not mean that no other thinker had thought of it before. The Greek thinker Plato did not explicitly mention a just systematic war. But at least from Plato's view that war is a necessity and a duty of the state to survive, provided that it does not aim to destroy its citizens and not be compromised unfairly. Those who lost the war became slaves. It reflects that fair war has been thought of since ancient Greece. And there was a Roman thinker like Cicero. He spoke of the principle of proper war both in terms of just cause and right action. Cicero's fair war is rooted in some way from ancient Roman practices. In short, Cicero's concept of proper war centered on a state which was considered an organization with the power and legitimacy that could wage war. Fair According to Roland H. Bainton, Christians in the 4th and 5th centuries inherited the teaching of just war from the ancient world. To promote justice and restore peace, just war must be fought under the state's power and must uphold the principles of honesty and humanity.
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