Peace
- Created by: Ciaran
- Created on: 04-05-15 12:12
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- Peace
- Pacifism
- Absolute: Never right to take part in war, even self-defense, human life is too precious
- Conditional: Against war, but accepts it in extreme circumstance
- Selective: Only opposed to certain types of war
- Conscientious Objectors: People who refuse to fight in war as they believe it is wrong
- Non-Violence: Peaceful demonstration strikes, road blocks, picketing, hunger strikes
- "The belief that war and violence is wrong, Conflicts should be settled by peaceful means"
- Arguments For Pacifism
- Life is sacred
- War causes suffering
- Jesus taught "Turn the other Cheek"
- War is a waste of resources
- Violence doesn't stop Violence
- War damages the earth
- "You shall not Kill"
- Arguments Against Pacifism
- Only work if everyone is a pacifist
- Sometimes war is needed
- Unfair for some to fight and others not to fight
- Cant be pacifist in the face of extreme evil
- War has improved technology and science
- The bible allows War
- Bible
- Old T: "Turn away from evil and do good; strive for peace with all your heart"
- Jesus: "Turn the other cheek"
- Jesus: "Happy are those who work for peace, God call them his Children"
- Jesus: "Love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you"
- Jesus: "Live in peace with one another"
- Jesus: "All who take the sword will die by the sword"
- Chuches
- Quakers: Refuse to join army but will be medics and ambulance drivers
- Methodist: Sometimes force is needed but refuse unnecessary force
- Catholic: Believes in "JUST WAR", war should be avoided. Civilians
- Faiths
- Judasim: strongly oppose violence. Jews have been victims of war more than others. Sometimes violence is the answer. Have moral obligation to protect a person under attack, even killing the attacker
- Buddhims: often thought as a purely pacifist religion
- Hinduism: Gandhi was a great example of a Hindu Pacifist
- Islam: There are pacifist organastions like the Islamic Non-violence Organasation
- Pacifism
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