the sin of sedition applies “not only in him who sows discord, but also in those who dissent from one another inordinately” by following the fomenters of sedition (a. when private citizens, either individually or in groups, take up arms to oppose the common good, they are not engaged in war, but in the sin of sedition and oppose the unity and peace of a people.the sovereign has care for the common good (of a particular nation).wars are just when they are in defense of the common goods.It is a nation ( not individuals) who declares war. A Just War must be called by a sovereign authority. Proportionality: the good to be achieved outweighs the evil of war.A good action, or at least a morally neutral action, will have two effects: a good intended, and an evil, not intended, but tolerated.Cannot intend intrinsically evil actions.Qualifying Conditions (from the theory of double-effect on his justification of killing in self-defense: ST II-II, 64, 7). The combatants have morally right intentions (not vengeance or profit – see below). War is justified (nation A wars justly against nation B) on the following conditions: Thomas Aquinas – Just War Theory from Summa Theologiae II-II, q.
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