Peace and Conflict Part 1 Flashcards
What is forgivness?
When you don’t hold someone against there actions anymore
What is reconciliation?
Being sorry for your actions and trying to make up for them.
What is justice?
When the law or your feelings cause you to have the same pain as what you have caused.
What is righteous anger?
When do we see this?
Anger that is justified
In the bible we see this with Jesus when he enters the temple and sees that it is being used to scam people out of there money in a market. He gets anger but this is righteous anger.
What is holy war?
A war which is approved by an catholic authority (normaly the pope)
What is just war theory?
A theory by St Thomas Aquinas which state 7 things a war must have in order to enter it.
What are WMD
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons that cause alot of destruction either through human suffering/death or enviromental or structual damage
Chemical weapons
Nuclear weapons
Biological weapons
What is a nuclear war?
A war that includes nuclear weapons (WW2)
What is-non violence resistance?
When you don’t use violence to resist somenthing
What is torture?
An act that mentaly or phycicly hurts the subject.
What is conflict resolution?
When two sides in war agree to stop fighting.
What is pacifism?
The act of not fighting no matter what.
What is terrorism?
The act of causing damage or fear in a populations.
What is radicalistaion?
When someone is taught and has got extrem views. This can often lead to terrorism.
What is martyrdom?
When you die for something that you belive in.