Intentions And Motive In Augustine’s Just War Teaching

Abstract: Augustine, one of the greatest christian thinkers, tries to reconcile the love of neighbors and justification of wars. He develops a radically different biblical interpretation than those of early Church Fathers who believe in incompatibility of Jesus's central teaching of loving neig...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0779dec000c64c5dae4b20138e6a2ba32021-11-09T17:40:24ZIntentions And Motive In Augustine’s Just War Teaching2614-25622406-874810.26593/jihi.v10i1.1052.%phttps://doaj.org/article/0779dec000c64c5dae4b20138e6a2ba32014-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.unpar.ac.id/index.php/JurnalIlmiahHubunganInternasiona/article/view/1052https://doaj.org/toc/2614-2562https://doaj.org/toc/2406-8748Abstract: Augustine, one of the greatest christian thinkers, tries to reconcile the love of neighbors and justification of wars. He develops a radically different biblical interpretation than those of early Church Fathers who believe in incompatibility of Jesus's central teaching of loving neighbour and Christian participation in warfare. Augustine repudiates such incompatibility. This paper investigates the teaching of Augustine's just war teaching formulated in his masterpiece The City of God. In the light of this tradition, this paper specifically adresses the intentions and the primary motive of the just war. This paper argues that both the intentions and motive have to be distinctive. Accordingly, war is justified if it meets two distinctive conditions. First, the goal of the war is to bring peace, restore justice, and and punish wrong doers. Second, the war should be based on Christian charity or love of neighbours. This paper begins by introducing the core issue of Christian understanding of its position on warfare, followed by brief profile of Augustine. Then, it addresses Augustine's interpretation of Jesus' teaching and finally it analyses Augustine's just war teaching by focusing on intentions and motive. Two cases, NATO Interventions in Kosovo 1999 and Libya 2011, are also included to illustrate the principle of Right Intention and Motive. It argues that NATO interventions meet the conditions of Right Intention but fail in the principle of Right Motive. Key Words: Augustine, Just War, Love, Justice, Intentions, MotivePetrus FarneubunParahyangan Centre for International Studies, Parahyangan Catholic UniversityarticleInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENIDJurnal Ilmiah Hubungan Internasional, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2014)
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Intentions And Motive In Augustine’s Just War Teaching
description Abstract: Augustine, one of the greatest christian thinkers, tries to reconcile the love of neighbors and justification of wars. He develops a radically different biblical interpretation than those of early Church Fathers who believe in incompatibility of Jesus's central teaching of loving neighbour and Christian participation in warfare. Augustine repudiates such incompatibility. This paper investigates the teaching of Augustine's just war teaching formulated in his masterpiece The City of God. In the light of this tradition, this paper specifically adresses the intentions and the primary motive of the just war. This paper argues that both the intentions and motive have to be distinctive. Accordingly, war is justified if it meets two distinctive conditions. First, the goal of the war is to bring peace, restore justice, and and punish wrong doers. Second, the war should be based on Christian charity or love of neighbours. This paper begins by introducing the core issue of Christian understanding of its position on warfare, followed by brief profile of Augustine. Then, it addresses Augustine's interpretation of Jesus' teaching and finally it analyses Augustine's just war teaching by focusing on intentions and motive. Two cases, NATO Interventions in Kosovo 1999 and Libya 2011, are also included to illustrate the principle of Right Intention and Motive. It argues that NATO interventions meet the conditions of Right Intention but fail in the principle of Right Motive. Key Words: Augustine, Just War, Love, Justice, Intentions, Motive
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