If the answer to the former is yes but the latter is no, then is it plausible to imagine another means by which the Islamic State might have been retarded in its territorial progress?
Such are the questions raised by recent events. Catholic “just war” doctrine helps us to understand how to evaluate the morality of going to war.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church considers war to be mankind’s “ancient bondage,” perhaps the most dramatic manifestation of original sin in the world. Modern methods of warfare, where innocents are frequently collateral damage — if not directly targeted — renders warfare even more morally problematic.
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