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Just War Theory Vs Pacifism

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War is one of the few occurrences that have been happening on this earth, dating back to over five hundred years back. There has been a lot of reasons countries give when they are about to engage into war with another country, or start a war in their own country. There are two sides that people take when war breaks out: the militarist (especially those who believe in the just war theory) and the pacifist. The just war theory, some militarist believe in, is made up of six factors, where all of six requirements must be fulfilled to be able to declare a war. The first and most important requirement being “just cause” is when a country may declare a war only for the right reasons. When a country feels that they are under aggression by another

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