Peace and conflict Flashcards
Why people go to war?
Power(gain land Stop things like mass murder or a leader To fight for country To defend for beliefs Terror Religion Culture And to be equal
Just war theory
Proper authority Good solid reason To fight to establish good A reasonable chance of success The last resort Minimal force and don’t kill cilvilians
Christian attitude for pacifism (quotes)
Do unto others as you would have them do to you’ ‘love one another I have loved you’ Jesus loves us so we should love everyone as he’s a example of how we should live , ‘blessed are the peacemakers’ good things will happen if we r peace makers
‘Do good to those who hate you’ peace I leave with you my peace I give u
Christian reason for pacifism
War destroys environment and god spent 7 days creating this world we shouldn’t destroy in mins ,if child gets killed they can’t make the world a better place , violence with violence doesn’t lead to peace ‘do not resis evil with evil’ cost of war is too great and should be given to poor or homeless
Love you enemies
All who draw the sword will die by sword which is suggesting people who engage in conflict will be killed
Against pacifism Christian
Could gain good by fighting , such as stoping mass murder and sitting back and doing nothing is wrong and lack courage
Wars are mentioned in Old Testament and some believe war is the only way to to find peace love your neighbor could involved defend people in war
Muslims for pacifism
Need to forgive other as how can they be forgiven on day of judgement?
If anyone killed a person - it would be as if he killed the whole people
Peaceful action is always best
Against pacifism (Muslims)
Those who believe fight in the way of allah’ Fight in the cause of God against those who fight you allows self defence and sticking up for religionists are mentioned in Qur’an
Neclear
Atomic bomb with immediate destruction of all life and long term effect
Biological
Germ - uses living diseases to kill and give people illnesses
Chemical
Non living toxin such as mustard gas to cause death or illness
Radiological
Dirty bomb, which disperse radioactive materials to kill or destroy area
Holy war
Where people believe that god is on their side and wars are mention in both Old Testament and quaran
Christians for nuclear weapons
Keep the peace as countries are afraid of starting a nuclear war
Christian against WMD
Jesus teach us to keep peace as god created Jesus to make peace on Earth and we should follow his way as
Muslims against WMD
Innocent people would get hurt or killed
