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The 50 pages that link to Just war theory, each with the reason it gives.

• PacifismCompared with: It permits some wars, challenging pacifism’s rejection of armed conflict.

• Christian ethicsCompared with: It offers criteria for force where Christian pacifism rejects war altogether.

• AhimsaCompared with: It permits some uses of force that strict interpretations of ahimsa reject.

• Jane AddamsCompared with: Addams rejected war as a solution where just-war arguments allowed limited military force.

• Sermon on the MountCompared with: Its acceptance of some warfare contrasts with strict readings of Jesus’ commands against retaliation.

• Anti-war movementCompared with: It can condemn particular wars while allowing others, unlike principled opposition to war.

• NonviolenceCompared with: It permits some uses of force that nonviolent principles reject.

• Peace movementCompared with: It accepts the possibility of justified war, unlike the movement's more consistently pacifist currents.

• JihadCompared with: Comparison reveals overlapping questions about authority and conduct without making the traditions identical.

• Christian pacifismCompared with: It shares Christian moral concerns with pacifism but allows some wars that pacifists reject.

• Drone warfareCompared with: Its principles frame debates about remote killing, risk, and responsibility.

• Christian anarchismCompared with: Christian anarchist pacifism generally rejects the state-sanctioned violence this tradition can justify.

• NonresistanceCompared with: It permits some uses of force that nonresistance rejects.

• AntimilitarismCompared with: It permits some wars, unlike antimilitarist positions that reject militarism as a political system.

• DawnCompared with: Its criteria illuminate the gap between judging a cause and judging a particular execution.

• Strategic studiesCompared with: It evaluates the moral permissibility of force, not only its strategic effectiveness.

• Anarcho-pacifismCompared with: It permits some uses of force that anarcho-pacifism rejects.

• World peaceCompared with: It tests whether peace requires rejecting war or regulating its permissible use.

• War studiesCompared with: It asks normative questions that empirical study of war alone cannot settle.