Peace And Conflict Flashcards
What is greed?
Selfish desire for something
What is self-defence?
Acting to prevent harm to yourself or others
What is retaliation?
Deliberately harming someone as a response to them harming you
What are nuclear weapons?
Weapons that work by a nuclear reaction, devastate huge areas, and kill large numbers of people
What are chemical weapons?
Weapons that use lethal chemicals to poison, burn or paralyse humans and destroy the natural environment
What are reasons for war?
-greed
-self-defence
-retaliation
What are some arguments against nucleur weapons?
-do not kill
-‘Thou shall not kill’
Agape - killing people thru nuclear weapons not showing love
What are some arguments for nucleur weapons?
-God gave scientists the skills to develop advanced weapons
-“Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth”
-act as a deterrent
What is forgiveness?
Showing grace and mercy and pardoning someone for what they have done wrong
What is war?
Fighting between nations to resolve issues between them
What is peace?
An absence of conflit,which leads to happiness and harmony
What is justice?
Bringing about what is right and fair, according to the law or making up for a wrong that has been committed
What is reconciliation?
A sacrament in the Catholic Church; also when individuals or group restore friendly relations after conflict or disagreement
What is a protest?
An expression of disapproval often in a public group
What’s violence?
Using actions that threaten or harm others
What is terrorism?
The unlawful use of violence, usually against innocent civilians, to achieve a political goal
What’s an example of a peaceful protest?
-Martin Luther King -> civil rights
-Malala -> girls rights to go to school
What’s an example of terrorism?
-9/11
-ISIS
-Manchester bombing
What is just war?
A war which meats internationally accepted criteria for fairness
Has a just cause
What are the 6 conditions of a just war? Explained
- Just cause
-war must have a just cause (self-defence or defending someone else) - Correct authority
-war must be de cleared by the correct authority - Good intentions
-intentions of the war must be to defeat wrong doing and promote good - Last resort
-all other ways of resolving the issue must’ve been attempted before war can be declared - 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 - Proportional
-methods used to fight the war must be proportional to achieve success
What are the 3 ways a holy war must be fought?
-enforcing God’s will
-defence of faith
-conversions of others
What is Holy war?
A war where believers fight for a religious cause or God
-controlled by a religious leader
What are some Christian beliefs about war and violence?
-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
What are some Buddhism beliefs about war and violence?
They are pacifists
-5 moral precepts demand a pacifistic approach to life
Dalaï-lama “peace can exist if everyone respects all others”
What is pacifism?
The belief of people who refuse to take part in war and any other form of violence
What’s a peacemaker?
Person who works to establish peace in the world or a certain part of it
What is peace making?
The action of trying to establish peace
What’s a quote for pacifism?
“Love your neighbour”
How does Christian aid help with pacifism?
Helps victims of war and aim to eliminate the causes of poverty, this is an example of ‘love your neighbour’ in action
What’s a quote for holy war?
‘All who draw by the sword die by the sword’
What’s a quote for being against WMD?
‘Thou shall not kill’
1st moral precep refrain from taking life
What’s a quote for causes of war?
‘Do not repay anyone evil for evil’
