In Christian ethics, the 16 centuries old Just War tradition continues to be indispensable as a framework for discussing the moral dilemmas of war and peace and making decisions. It has never been a static 'doctrine'. From its beginning, new thinking has been required by new threats to peace and security, new political and military developments, and (more recently) new challenges for international law. This remains the case today. In this context, it is argued that proposals by the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) to substitute the concept of Just War by the concept of Just Peace have been intellectually and ethically confusing. And calling the Just War tradition 'obsolete' has been a serious mistake. It will be very unfortunate if, as a result, the opportunity is missed to further develop the Just War tradition using some of the quite valuable elements of the Just Peace concept.

Enthalten in:
Evangelische Theologie; 2015/4 Zweimonatsschrift (2015)

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Serie / Reihe: Evangelische Theologie

Personen: Hogebrink, Laurens

Schlagwörter: Diskussion Pazifismus Friedensethik Moralphilosophie Gerechter Krieg Gerechter Friede