Abstract
This study aims to demonstrate the essential role that the condition of last resort plays in determining when waging war is exceptionally justified. In recent years, this condition has been criticised despite being considered an indispensable condition for just war. According to the commonly accepted Exhaustion View, the last resort occurs after all other options are exhausted. However, the categorical precedence of non-military measures may exacerbate the situation. In order to address this issue, this study presents an alternative Threshold View of last resort. According to this view, the last resort indicates when a certain threshold is crossed, and the initial presumption against war is overridden by more stringent justifications for waging war. By presenting and defending this view, this study addresses the various objections directed at the last resort condition without undermining the requirement of lastness embedded in it.
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