A Roman Catholic Peace Organisation dedicated to promoting world peace, diarmament, human rights, reconcilliation and peaceful conflict resolution.
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Just War Theory
A set of conditions which must be met before a war is considered 'justified '.
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Christianity teaches that ...
Peace is the main goal of all human beings - 'Love one another' (Jesus)
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Christian definition of peace...
Complete freedom from suffering, distress and disturbance.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church states 5 conditions for war (#1)
PROPER AUTHORITY - declared by a government or monarch.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church states 5 conditions for war (#2)
JUST CAUSE - e.g in defence or to aid a friendly nation against aggressors (it must not be for a selfish cause such as to gain land or to gain revenge).
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Catechism of the Catholic Church states 5 conditions for war (#3)
LAST RESORT - All other methods of negotiation and peace-keeping must have been tried first.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church states 5 conditions for war (#4)
ACHIEVABLE AIM - Must have a reasonably chance of success (to limit the needless waste of human life lost).
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Catechism of the Catholic Church states 5 conditions for war (#5)
PROPORTIONALITY - Any harm caused must be less than the harm being prevented by war (For example WMD's would violate this term).
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Conditions for fighting a war justly ...
(DISCRIMINATION - war should discriminate between combatants) and civilians and there must be (PROPORTIONALITY - military advantage gained by attack must outweigh any harm to civilians).
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Holy War
Fought for a religious aim or purpose e.g - The Crusades
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Pacifism
The belief that all violence is wrong under any circumstance (a particular belief for Quakers)
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Violence goes against Christian teaching -
'all who draw the sword will die by the sword' and 'turn the other cheek' - New Testiment.
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Conscientious Objectors
Faced prison in WW1 rather than fight - they faced great humiliation and hostility when they were released at the end of the war.
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A set of conditions which must be met before a war is considered 'justified '.
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Just War Theory
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Peace is the main goal of all human beings - 'Love one another' (Jesus)
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Complete freedom from suffering, distress and disturbance.
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Card 5
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PROPER AUTHORITY - declared by a government or monarch.
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