SECTION 4 JUDAISM- TOPIC 2.4.4 PACIFISM Flashcards
1
Q
What is pacifism?
A
the opposition to war and refusal to fight
2
Q
KEY SOWAA
A
“seek peace and pursue it”
“they will beat their swords into ploughshares”
3
Q
Divergent Jewish teachings about pacifism?
A
-peace aim - RJ believe war is always wrong
-most not Pacifist because so clear in the Tenakh that war is sometimes necessary to achieve peace
-God commands many wars in the torah so difficult to argue that war is always wrong
