In particular, it ignores the jus in bello criteria, which really have restrained profes-sional militaries from abusing their power
Jus in bello was also mentioned in Matthewes and I believe this is strategies used during war. But how effective are these strategies if they are mostly reliant in one's own discretion?
jus post bellum, consists of a rigorous set of criteria that expects warring parties to establish a just and lasting peace after combat.
This I feel like is a too late alternative. Peace after war is not peace considering the aftermath of war and all the death, abuse and economic challenges that follow but it does remind me of Matthewes saying peace is the end goal of all war.
“Too often the ‘ just-war theory’ has been used to endorse rather than prevent or limit war.”
i agree with this. The term "just" implies some sort of approval even though war is wrong and results in many conseqjuences.
defense once every means of peaceful settlement has been exhausted.” All these examples ref lect the mode of moral reasoning traditionally called “ just war.”
this reminds me of the part of the Matthewes reading where he states the prudential guidelines for war and says that all effort must have been made to resolve the conflict and failed in order for there to be just war.