Just War in One Principle: The Reality of Sin

Proponents of Just War Theory don’t need to go into their seven principles to justify that wars must sometimes be waged.  Instead, they need only appeal to one: the reality of sin.  Christian Realists acknowledge sin as a perennial reality that threatens justice, and that peace and injustice cannot coexist.  Idealists and pacifists argue that this sin-informed anthropology is the Christian Realist stumbling block, yet they cannot substantiate the means to excise the category of sin from human affairs.  So, in less than one hundred words, Christian Realists win the argument that war cannot always be avoided. Read Full Article »