Just War Theory In Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman as his ‘personal representative for such talks,’ asking Harriman to ‘search for peace.’” The North Vietnamese agreed to meet at the peace talks.
However, negotiating peace would not be easy because South Vietnam's President was unwilling to talk with the North on any issues. He feared that the North Vietnamese would try to create a new coalition government. On May 5th, 1968, President Nixon used the term “honorable peace” for the first time. Previously the term he would use when referring to peace was “victorious peace”. However, all of the peace proposals offered to the North Vietnam were rejected as of January 25th, 1972. The North Vietnamese began their largest attack of the Vietnam War on March 30, 1972. It was an attack that was designed to inflict a …show more content…
The part of the just war theory is called jus ad bellum. There must be a just cause, right authority, proportionality, the goal of peace, with war as a last resort. A country cannot attack another country for more wealth or for more respect. They must attack on behalf of an innocent third country or group. Right authority means that war must be declared by the proper authorities and not by private companies. Proportionality means that the potential war must be assessed regarding the cost of the war and the benefits from the war. The country must also decide whether or not the potential gains outweigh the loss of human lives and the cost of the war. Next, “will the destructiveness of the proposed conflict outweigh any enhancement of other human values?” That means will the war any enhance aspects of the human life more than the violence that will occur during the war. The purpose of the war must be for peace, not solely to win glory. Finally, the war must be a last resort, meaning that all other methods for peace must be attempted before resorting to
However, negotiating peace would not be easy because South Vietnam's President was unwilling to talk with the North on any issues. He feared that the North Vietnamese would try to create a new coalition government. On May 5th, 1968, President Nixon used the term “honorable peace” for the first time. Previously the term he would use when referring to peace was “victorious peace”. However, all of the peace proposals offered to the North Vietnam were rejected as of January 25th, 1972. The North Vietnamese began their largest attack of the Vietnam War on March 30, 1972. It was an attack that was designed to inflict a …show more content…
The part of the just war theory is called jus ad bellum. There must be a just cause, right authority, proportionality, the goal of peace, with war as a last resort. A country cannot attack another country for more wealth or for more respect. They must attack on behalf of an innocent third country or group. Right authority means that war must be declared by the proper authorities and not by private companies. Proportionality means that the potential war must be assessed regarding the cost of the war and the benefits from the war. The country must also decide whether or not the potential gains outweigh the loss of human lives and the cost of the war. Next, “will the destructiveness of the proposed conflict outweigh any enhancement of other human values?” That means will the war any enhance aspects of the human life more than the violence that will occur during the war. The purpose of the war must be for peace, not solely to win glory. Finally, the war must be a last resort, meaning that all other methods for peace must be attempted before resorting to