Re - Conflict

Question 1

What is peace?

Answer 1

peace is not just the absence of war but is a state of harmony amongst citizens

Question 2

What is justice?

Answer 2

fairness and where all people have equal rights, opportunities and a fair distribution of resources

Question 3

What is the sanctity of life?

Answer 3

that life is made holy by god and human life is scared

Question 4

What are the causes of war?

Answer 4

territory
regime change
keeping an agreement with another country

Question 5

Give some examples of conflict

Answer 5

Korea
Syria
Palestine
Afghanistan

Question 6

What is a holy war?

Answer 6

believing it is right to fight a war in the name of god, e.g. crusades, the soldiers who were Christians believed they are fighting for a just cause; gain back holy land

Question 7

What is a just war?

Answer 7

a war that is fought to establish peace, it has a just cause and there are restrictions on what you can and cannot do in the war.

Question 8

What is a pacifist?

Answer 8

someone who believes all war and killing is wrong

Question 9

Christians and pacifism

Answer 9

Jesus taught to “love your enemies,”
“love thy neighbour,”
“blessed are the peacemakers,”
“those who live by the sword, die by the sword,”

Question 10

Buddhists and pacifism

Answer 10

Show metta 
First precept – ahimsa 
“ Hatred does not cease with hatred,”
War is caused by the three poisions
Dalai lama said “peace can exist if everyone respects one another,”
Bad karma

Question 11

What is it like for a refuge?

Answer 11

some have been maimed and live in camps with poor sanitary conditions, illness and rape

Question 12

What are the organisations that help victims of war?

Answer 12

Red cross/crescent
Medicin sans frontieres
They provide short term aid, set up hospitals, provide food and shelter, and they establish refugee camps

Question 13

What would a religious believer do?

Answer 13

Pray, march, petition,
Dalai Lama is recognised around the world as a symbol of peace, condones physical violence and believes peace only exists when people respect each other

Question 14

What are peacekeeping forces?

Answer 14

United nations security council, protects human rights, ensures free elections, establishes sanctions on countries with human right abuses, use military action to protect civilians
Un peacekeepers help monitor peace agreements and create stable democratic governments

Question 15

What is terrorism?

Answer 15

is an act of violence often against civilians which is intended to create fear

Question 16

arguments for and against nuclear weapons

Answer 16

A nuclear weapon is a weapon that kills a lot of people and causes mass destruction
Christians and Buddhists appose because they are indiscriminate and disproportionate
Nuclear pro-life ration is where more and more countries are getting nuclear weapons
Nuclear deterrents work as they haven’t been used since 1945 and they make the use of mass destructions weapons less likely
They cost a lot, and never could be morally justified

Question 17

What is proportionality?

Answer 17

it means disproportionate means shouldn’t be used e.g. burning down a village

Question 18

What is discriminate?

Answer 18

in a war a distinction should be made between civilions and non-civilians

Question 19

What are Christians teachings and modern statements about war and peace?

Answer 19

Started by proper authority, last resort, winnable, fair, proportionality and discriminate

Question 20

What are Buddhist teachings and modern statements about war and peace?

Answer 20

Upaya kusala
Consequences of not fighting a war greater
Protect there families
Principle of double effect