Pranay Kumar Shome on September 16, 2026
Lessons from the Mahabharata, a Hindu epic preoccupied with the tragic necessity of war, bear a striking resemblance to the Christian just war tradition articulated by St. Thomas Aquinas
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Focus: JUST WAR 101
In war, “necessity” can be a reason to restrain fighting as well as a justification for it
Just war morality demands that ethical judgements must take into account certain cold, unrelenting, and frustratingly immovable facts. Wisdom matters.
The last essential requirement for a just war is to have a properly oriented set of intentions. These include rescue, justice, punishment, peace, and victory
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