S1E11 "Conditions for a Just War"

Exploring a published letter that Lewis wrote in 1939, titled "Conditions for a Just War," where he challenges the usefulness of the well-known "conditions" that theologians often use to evaluate whether a war is just or not. Lewis points out that the conditions were originally meant to be employed by princes who were the only people who had the right or responsibility of choosing to go to war. Therefore, for Lewis, the average citizen in a democracy does not bear the moral responsibility of what their nation decides to do as a nation. This leads us to question whether, and to what degree, Lewis is right and begin to consider what role citizens have in ensuring their governments are not corrupt. We end by considering what would be the best way to witness to the Gospel when our nation joins a war (or does anything) that seems unjust.

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