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About war reasonableness , legality, justice debate , in theory and in practice has never stopped. However , in the history of the development of human rational thinking , especially in the Western political and legal history of ideas pulse stream , there are still an Investigation into the war reasonableness , legality , justice of the traditions of thought , which is the Western just war theory , it the three levels of political rationality , the legal system , and the ethical principles of war and the conduct of war , the ethical thinking . Has become an important theoretical paradigm for international relations scholars in the study of war and ethical issues , almost in a way to address the issues of legality and rationality of war only theoretical basis . Western just war theory has a long history can be traced back to ancient Greece , early into the system from the bud , after two thousand years . In the course of its development , the Western just war theory is not static , in the 17th and 18th centuries , the structure of Western society has undergone tremendous upheavals , has undergone a major shift for the theory , it faded medieval theology of the religious overtones of secularization , and put forward a new proposition - just in the course of the war . But, also began in the 17th and 18th centuries , the awakening of the concept of national sovereignty in Europe , nationalism became a new faith , the national democratic countries gradually forming all the factors of the changes of the times also foreshadowed the decline of the just war theory . Since then the theory once troubled fade away in the horizon , since the Second World War , and gradually began to revive , the impact is also growing . Western just war theory in the theory and practice facing many difficulties , but still provided a series of restrictions on the basic principles of the war and the conduct of war , and plays an important role in the actual political activities , whether it is to look back at history , or face the reality the ultimate goal of this paper are aimed at discussion of the just war theory in the West , to explore the moral constraints limit one pair war path , especially in the current security situation in China is facing many serious challenges , the war at the outbreak of the conflict , summarize explore the mainstream Western ethics of war contribute to a reasonable strategy to win for our country to take the political initiative .
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