To use media clips,
an acronym and
real life scenarios
to understand the
criteria of a just
war and decide
whether a war can
ever be just.
Grade C
All will be able to define the
term just war and list the
criteria of such.
Grade B
Most will be able to explain why
the just war theory is
important and identify the
main problems with the
theory.
Grade A/A*
Some will be able to assess
whether war can ever be ‘just’
and give an opinion on whether
people should ever go to war.
I stole some aid
off someone else in
my village to feed
my children. They
hadn’t eaten
properly in days
and I was worried
that if they didn't
eat soon they would
die.
Was I WRONG?
What
about your
wife?
She will
never
know!
The vicar who has found new love as
his wife fights dementia
This time last year, just as the clocks had turned back and the cold, dark nights were drawing in, Terry Murphy returned to
his home and sat in solitary silence, contemplating all the little things he would miss about Mo, his wife of 40 years,
now that she was gone for ever.
Although physically healthy, she no longer recognises her husband or even knows that she was ever married. Apart from the
odd ‘thank you’ or ‘lovely’, she is unable to communicate or perform even basic tasks, such as going to the toilet or
washing, without the help of staff at the home.
She has, indeed, gone for ever — into what, for the husband who still adores her, seems a living death.
Bereft at his loss, the 66-year-old retired Baptist minister found his thoughts turning
to suicide.
Mother-of-two Merion Dance, 61, has known Terry professionally for more than a
decade thanks to his work as a chaplain for the fire service, where she works as a fire
safety administrator.
Merion’s husband died almost four years ago, and, over the past 11 months, she and
Terry have formed a close relationship. There have been dinner dates and cinema
trips, and they have recently returned from their first holiday together, in Mallorca.
It would take a hard heart to begrudge Terry moving on with his life and finding a
new love, even if it is only a year since Mo was lost to him.
And there lies the issue. For Terry’s wife is not dead. A few miles away, Mo, a 65year-old former primary school teacher and the mother of Terry’s two children, is in
a care home in the final stages of dementia.
Is he doing WRONG?
Muammar Gaddafi was
the official ruler of
Libya from 1969 to
2011. Gaddafi gained
power through violent
means. Gaddafi
promised a better
life for his people,
however all he did
was oppress and
abuse them!
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me/worldnews/article/1609451
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Did the man who killed
him do WRONG?
War brings real
problems for people,
especially religious
believers.
Some that war is
ALWAYS WRONG,
while others
maintain that wars,
although awful, may
sometimes have to
be fought.
This concept has always existed. Any person going to war would always
work out if it was worth the expense in lives, money and land they would
gain. The theory was developed by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74)
who suggested a war was morally just or right if it met three criteria
(this was later added to and today there are
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Grade C
All will be able
to define the
term just
war.
So what's the
criteria?
TURN to PAGE 7 in
your WORK BOOKLET
Acronym to remember this theory..
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SUFFICIENT
FORCE!
Must be used.
The war must be
fought by the
PROPER
AUTHORITY.
There must be
CONTROLLED
VIOLENCE.
A war is
just if it is
begun as
the LAST
RESORT
It must be
fought to
ESTABLISH
GOOD.
There must be a REASONABLE
CHANCE OF SUCCESS.
The war must be fought for a
JUST CAUSE.
Acronym
to help me
remember
this...
Criteria of
a ‘JUST
WAR’
Complete
this
column
FIRST
LIST the
seven
criteria
we have
just
looked at.
What I think
this is...
Now
complete
this
column...
Try to
explain
each of
the
criteria in
your own
words and
why it
might be
seen as
JUST
What it actually Right to
is...
go to
war
Conduct
during
war
Decide
whether
you think
each of the
criteria of
a just war
is a
RIGHT TO
GO TO
WAR
or is
CONDUCT
DURING
WAR
by adding
a TICK
into the
correct
column.
Grade C
All will be able
to define the
term just war
and list the
criteria of
such.
Acronym
to help me
remember
this...
Criteria of
a ‘JUST
WAR’
What I think
this is...
What it actually Right to
is...
go to
war
Using the
following
slides to
complete
this
column and
check the
rest of
your
work...
If you got
it right
just add a
TICK 
Conduct
during
war
It would not be
proportional to drop
a nuclear weapon on
a small country for
invading a small
island.
The force used
must be
proportional to the
cause, surroundings
and scale of the
war.
The politicians
or authority
must make the
most
important
decisions to
ensure the war
remains fair
and just.
Every effort must
be made to make
sure that as little
violence as possible
is used to achieve
victory and
methods should
AVOID KILLING
CIVILIANS.
No weapons of
mass destruction!
All non violent
means of solving
the conflict must
have been tried
and failed before
you turn to war
. It must be fought to
restore peace. A war
can be fought if it is
believed that it would
prevent a greater
evil. Most people
argue that Britain
and her allies, by
taking on the Nazi
regime of Adolf
Hitler, prevented
greater evil from
happening
You cannot go to war and
waste the lives of brave
soldiers for something
which you have very little
chance of winning, lives
should not be wasted.
The war must
be started
for a good
reason – e.g.
self-defence,
and not
because of
greed.
Grade C
All will be able
to define the
term just war
and list the
criteria of
such.
Come up with ONE
reason YOU think the
JUST WAR theory is
important.
SHARE it with two
other people.
SHARE it with the
group – ensure you
have FOUR ideas in
total.
It provides
GUIDELINES
for when a war
can be classed
as morally right.
It gives the
conflicts
participants RULES
they must keep to.- e.g. Not to kill
innocent people
It outlines the
RIGHTS
people have in
conflict.
Grade B
Most will be able
to explain why
the just war
theory is
important.
Using the picture clues IDENTIFY FOUR PROBLEMS with
the just war theory.
The existence of
modern weapons
including
WEAPONS OF
MASS
DISTRUCTION
means that large
numbers of people
are killed.
There is
NEVER a
MORALLY
GOOD
REASON for
killing others.
Some
AUTHORITIES will
go to war claiming it
is for a JUST
CAUSE when really
it is AGRESSION
and they could have
found better ways
of solving their
problems.
All wars are
VIOLENT and
DANGEROUS
therefore the just
war is no longer
relevant – it never
was.
The main problem with
the JUST WAR theory
is that both sides in a
war may claim that
their cause is ‘just’.
For example in WW2
Hitler claimed the
Nazis were right and
just in what they
fought for, just as the
allied forces did.
We are
fighting for
a JUST
CAUSE!
NO!!! We are
fighting for a
JUST CAUSE!
Grade B
Most will be able
to identify the
main problems
with a just war.
http://www.truetube.co.uk/film/id-do-it-peace
What would you fight for?
Would you fight for PEACE?
Is it ever right to fight?
Complete QUESTION 1 PAGE 80
Swap with a partner and mark each others work in GREEN
PEN
The type of question (B)
More recently, the just war theory has been used and
manipulated by skilful leaders to justify their
actions and to suggest that what they have done is
God’s will.
‘This will be a monumental
In response, Osama bin Laden,
struggle of good
verses
evil, but
Does
God
the leader of the al-Qaeda
good will prevail’ .
declared...
take sides
Said after the invasion of Iraq –
Bush declaredin
thewar?
USA as the
‘I swear by almighty God....that
force
of good and enemies of the
neither the United Sates
nor he
USA as the ‘axis of evil’.
who lives in the United States
will enjoy security before...all
the infidel armies leave the land
of Muhammad.’
Grade A/A*
Some will be able
to assess
whether war can
ever be ‘just’
and give an
opinion on
whether people
should ever go
to war.
Come up with your own acronym to help
you remember the just war theory .