War, Peace, and Law
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We are going to deal with
peace in relation to law
in the broad context of
the Western philosophic tradition,
presented in these pages through a
traditional Catholic prism rooted
in what one can characterize as
Thomistic realism. Naturally, when
defining peace, war appears by
comparison or opposition. And,
naturally, it is therefore also necessary to deal with war in some detail
in order to contribute to a better
definition of peace.
First of all, some doubt arises
about this relationship. For if
peace is—in St. Augustine’s definition—the tranquillity of order, it
is not only the absence of war, but
something positive: order, hierarchy, harmony, etc. But if, on the
other hand, it is the neutralization
of conflict, as Italian academician
Danilo Castellano says, that war
must somehow make its presence
felt again, even if its disappearance
is postulated.
We shall deal briefly with both
in what follows, concluding with a
reminder of “just war” and a conclusion on “just peace.”
