What is the Chruch stance on the attack or defense in case economy is threatened by another country?

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How do you define defense?
How about if your economy is threatened by another country… I mean it could for instance cost lives of especially poor people, who wouldn’t be able to face this new economic reality . Would it be ok to attack them to prevent them from killing your citizens by making living conditions worse?
 
The real threat against a nation’s economy come in several forms. One is an encouragement, directly or indirectly, towards pleasure setting aside responsibility. This is when sex is considered on account of pleasure without giving a thought about procreation and instead suppressing it. This is a real threat to economy because how can we think about a healthy economy without human beings. Is it possible for economy to flourish without men and women steering its wheel?
Another form is called consumerism. This happens when people are encouraged to spend more on consumer goods than in investments.
Another form is when laborers are not paid enough for their service. This is also forcing laborers to consumerism because they are left with nothing to invest after having paid for the necessities of life.
There are many others that we can think about.
How do we defend ourselves against these and the similar threats? It is not in defining what defense is. It is in identifying what we are to defend ourselves against.
 
cho_pilo said:
How do you define defense?
How about if your economy is threatened by another country… I mean it could for instance cost lives of especially poor people, who wouldn’t be able to face this new economic reality . Would it be ok to attack them to prevent them from killing your citizens by making living conditions worse?
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Each people can defence self from killing.
No reason. Everyone who gives life for another that is the case of the greatest love.
 
cho_pilo said:
How do you define defense?
How about if your economy is threatened by another country… I mean it could for instance cost lives of especially poor people, who wouldn’t be able to face this new economic reality . Would it be ok to attack them to prevent them from killing your citizens by making living conditions worse?
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No, that would be a gross distortion of the concept of just war as defined by St. Augustine.
 
cho_pilo said:
How do you define defense?
How about if your economy is threatened by another country… I mean it could for instance cost lives of especially poor people, who wouldn’t be able to face this new economic reality . Would it be ok to attack them to prevent them from killing your citizens by making living conditions worse?
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No.
 
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