The Paradox of Just War in the West

What matters then is that human rights are respected all over the world not just in the west or in particular small parts of the world. I don't think you could be a cosmopolitan and deny that view. How does that relate to war then? You know what cosmopolitanism is. That's an interesting question. What are the reasons that are traditionally given for just wars? Self-defense is the paradigmatic example. So a self-defense against a unwarranted military aggression. Defense of others that's another paradigmatic discourse. The recovery of wrongfully taken property and punishment the tradition does believe that punitive wars are permissible where for example you want to punish barbarians who have found God for