Editing Just war theory (section)

== Traditionalists and Revisionists ==
There are two altering views related to the just war theory that scholars align with, which are traditionalists and revisionists. The debates between these different viewpoints rest on the moral responsiblites of actors in [[jus in bello]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Pattison |first=James |date=2018 |title=The Case for the Nonideal Morality of War: Beyond Revisionism versus Traditionalism in Just War Theory |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26419464 |journal=Political Theory |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=242–268 |doi=10.1177/0090591716669394 |jstor=26419464 |issn=0090-5917|doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Traditionalists ===
In the just war theory as it pertains to ''jus in bello'', traditionalist scholars view that the two principles, ''jus ad bellum'' and ''jus in bello'', are distinct in which actors in war are morally responsible. The traditional view places accountability on leaders who start the war, while soldiers are accountable for actions breaking ''jus in bello''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Sagan |first1=Scott D. |last2=Valentino |first2=Benjamin A. |date=2019 |title=Just War and Unjust Soldiers: American Public Opinion on the Moral Equality of Combatants |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0892679419000431 |journal=Ethics & International Affairs |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=411–444 |doi=10.1017/s0892679419000431 |issn=0892-6794}}</ref>

=== Revisionists ===
Revisionist scholars view that moral responsibility in conduct of war is placed on individual soldiers who participate in war, even if they follow the rules associated with ''jus in bello''. Soldiers that participate in unjust wars are morally responsible. The revisionist view is based on an individual level, rather than on a collective whole.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Benestad |first=J. Brian |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt3fgpjc |title=Church, State, and Society |date=9 August 2012 |publisher=Catholic University of America Press |doi=10.2307/j.ctt3fgpjc |isbn=978-0-8132-1923-3}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />