Peace and Conflict
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- Created on: 10-02-19 14:34
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- Peace and Conflict
- Peace is the absence of conflict and violence
- Peace= everyone in the world lives in harmony, no conflict.
- Organisations like the UN work to find peaceful solutions to disputes and end wars.
- All major religions encourage believers to work towards achieving peace
- Pacifism= the belief that war and physical violence is wrong. Pacifists who refuse to fight are called conscientious objectors.
- Conscientious objectors suffered humiliation in prison and after their release.
- Violence has many different forms
- Crime is a source of violence eg murder, assault.
- Violence can occur in protests if the protesters are violent.
- Terrorism= when a person or group deliberately seeks to cause fear and inflict suffering.
- War is when two or more countries fight one another. Usually decided by governments.
- War and terrorism have caused many deaths.
- Many religious people believe in the sanctity of life argument, that life given by God is sacred, so war and terrorism are in direct conflict with this
- Wars can have many causes
- Religion has been the cause of many conflicts in the past and the present
- Self-defence is when wars are started to combat a threat from another country or to stop them attacking first
- Tribalism tends to trigger wars when a group of people fight for their own independence
- Wars are fought to defend the honour and dignity of a country, or to save face.
- Acts of aggression are condemned by the UN, so purely economic wars are few and fare between
- A war may be started in revenge for something.
- Many people think there can be just wars
- Although peace is ideal, many recognise that sometimes war is necessary. Just War theory is a philosophical theory that explains the conditions that have to be met.
- There must be a good reason.
- All other options have been attempted.
- Must be started by a proper authority.
- Must have a reasonable chance of success
- Any harm done while fighting cannot outweigh harm done by not going to war
- There are also conditions for a just war
- War should discriminate between combatants and civilians
- The military advantage gained by an attack must outweigh any harm done to civilians.
- Although peace is ideal, many recognise that sometimes war is necessary. Just War theory is a philosophical theory that explains the conditions that have to be met.
- People who fight in Holy wars believe they're supported by God
- A holy war is one where people believe God is on their side.
- In the past Holy wars have been fought over territory or to convert people
- Religion has been a factor in modern wars too.
- Atheists and humanists have criticised religion for causing conflict and wouldn't support a war over religion.
- Peace is the absence of conflict and violence
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