Peace And Conflict

Question 1

What is greed?

Answer 1

Selfish desire for something

Question 2

What is self-defence?

Answer 2

Acting to prevent harm to yourself or others

Question 3

What is retaliation?

Answer 3

Deliberately harming someone as a response to them harming you

Question 4

What are nuclear weapons?

Answer 4

Weapons that work by a nuclear reaction, devastate huge areas, and kill large numbers of people

Question 5

What are chemical weapons?

Answer 5

Weapons that use lethal chemicals to poison, burn or paralyse humans and destroy the natural environment

Question 6

What are reasons for war?

Answer 6

-greed
-self-defence
-retaliation

Question 7

What are some arguments against nucleur weapons?

Answer 7

-do not kill
-‘Thou shall not kill’
Agape - killing people thru nuclear weapons not showing love

Question 8

What are some arguments for nucleur weapons?

Answer 8

-God gave scientists the skills to develop advanced weapons
-“Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth”
-act as a deterrent

Question 9

What is forgiveness?

Answer 9

Showing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong

Question 10

What is war?

Answer 10

Fighting between nations to resolve issues between them

Question 11

What is peace?

Answer 11

An absence of conflit,which leads to happiness and harmony

Question 12

What is justice?

Answer 12

Bringing about what is right and fair, according to the law or making up for a wrong that has been committed

Question 13

What is reconciliation?

Answer 13

A sacrament in the Catholic Church; also when individuals or group restore friendly relations after conflict or disagreement

Question 14

What is a protest?

Answer 14

An expression of disapproval often in a public group

Question 15

What’s violence?

Answer 15

Using actions that threaten or harm others

Question 16

What is terrorism?

Answer 16

The unlawful use of violence, usually against innocent civilians, to achieve a political goal

Question 17

What’s an example of a peaceful protest?

Answer 17

-Martin Luther King -> civil rights
-Malala -> girls rights to go to school

Question 18

What’s an example of terrorism?

Answer 18

-9/11
-ISIS
-Manchester bombing

Question 19

What is just war?

Answer 19

A war which meats internationally accepted criteria for fairness
Has a just cause

Question 20

What are the 6 conditions of a just war? Explained

Answer 20

1. Just cause
   -war must have a just cause (self-defence or defending someone else)
2. Correct authority
   -war must be de cleared by the correct authority
3. Good intentions
   -intentions of the war must be to defeat wrong doing and promote good
4. Last resort
   -all other ways of resolving the issue must’ve been attempted before war can be declared
5. Change of success
   -it’s unjust to ask people to fight a war if it is her probable that the war will be lost and they will be killed
6. Proportional
   -methods used to fight the war must be proportional to achieve success

Question 21

What are the 3 ways a holy war must be fought?

Answer 21

-enforcing God’s will
-defence of faith
-conversions of others

Question 22

What is Holy war?

Answer 22

A war where believers fight for a religious cause or God
-controlled by a religious leader

Question 23

What are some Christian beliefs about war and violence?

Answer 23

-Christian’s are pacifists, therefore they believe that all violence is morally wrong (Quakers)
-Chruch of England accepts the just war theory and sees wars as necessary in certain conditions

Question 24

What are some Buddhism beliefs about war and violence?

Answer 24

They are pacifists
-5 moral precepts demand a pacifistic approach to life
Dalaï-lama “peace can exist if everyone respects all others”

Question 25

What is pacifism?

Answer 25

The belief of people who refuse to take part in war and any other form of violence

Question 26

What’s a peacemaker?

Answer 26

Person who works to establish peace in the world or a certain part of it

Question 27

What is peace making?

Answer 27

The action of trying to establish peace

Question 28

What’s a quote for pacifism?

Answer 28

“Love your neighbour”

Question 29

How does Christian aid help with pacifism?

Answer 29

Helps victims of war and aim to eliminate the causes of poverty, this is an example of ‘love your neighbour’ in action

Question 30

What’s a quote for holy war?

Answer 30

‘All who draw by the sword die by the sword’

Question 31

What’s a quote for being against WMD?

Answer 31

‘Thou shall not kill’
1st moral precep refrain from taking life

Question 32

What’s a quote for causes of war?

Answer 32

‘Do not repay anyone evil for evil’