Matsumoto, Masakazu2019-09-252019-09-252016-02-2220131678-6408http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/234867" The September 11 terrorist attacks and the subsequent War on Terror stimulated a revival of just war theory in the United States so far in this century.1 The argument that the War on Terror is one of the paradigmatic cases of just war has received wide support from conservatives, the liberal left, and Christian theologians alike. In fact, in February 2002, more than sixty American intellectuals signed a document entitled “What we’re fighting for: a letter from America,” which decisively backed the War on Terror. As Jean Bethke Elshtain, one of the authors of this document, puts it, “the events of September 11 inspired Americans, from President Bush to the average man and woman on the street, to speak of justice […] When citizens evoke justice, they tap into the complex Western tradition called ‘just war’”"engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)just warUnited StatesChristian theologiansPresident BushPolitical ethicsEthics of political systemsEthics of lawRights based legal ethicsPeace ethicsGovernance and ethicsArticle