Libertarians for Ron Paul

Just Wars and Individual Rights

Antiwar libertarians have often invoked the insight of Randolph Bourne, who noted that “war is the health of the state.” Perhaps more to the point, war has all too often meant, along with death and destruction, the wholesale obliteration of individual rights.

Congressman Ron Paul has opposed the Iraq War and invoked the concepts of Just War Theory, particularly within the constraints of Christian Doctrine. Just War Theory is a broader philosophical category, including secular philosophers and classical liberals. George H. Smith presents an outstanding examination of Just War Theory in the May 2008 Liberty Magazine, online @ http://www.libertyunbound.com/archive/2008_05/smith-war.html