Download or read book Just War Doctrine in Traditional Catholic Thought written by Kevin Ray Spiker, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can wars be just? Humankind has asked, and attempted to answer, that question for at least 3500 years. What criteria determine when there us a just cause that justifies warfare? What are the criteria used to judge ethical behavior during a war? The book examine the perspectives on these and related questions according to the traditional theologian-philosophers in the Roman Catholic Church, beginning with St. Augustine, the father of Just War Doctrine.