A Triadic Model of Just War Conditions
Journal: Philosophia
Year: 2025

The ethics of war involves a set of criteria that must be met for the use of force to be permissible, such as Success, Necessity, and Proportionality. However, the meaning of these just war conditions in relation to each other has not been sufficiently clarified. This study explores the structural distinction between the three just war conditions, by focusing on a triadic relationship among the dimensions of an action and its multiple consequences and by locating them in the Triadic Model. A key