War & Peace

Question 1

What does a just war mean?

Answer 1

When people may think war can be justified

Set of Christian principles

Question 2

Who made the criteria of a Just War?

Answer 2

St Thomas Aquinas

Question 3

What does pacifism mean?

Answer 3

The belief that violence against other human beings is wrong

Question 4

Why would someone disagree with nuclear weapons?

Answer 4

Possession poses a risk to humanity
Destruction caused cannot be justified for any reason
Use goes against all principles of the “Just War”
All religions oppose the use of them and support disarmament

Question 5

Why would someone agree with nuclear weapons?

Answer 5

Deterrent
Countries who possess them are unlikely to attack each other
Make a country vulnerable if they are disposed of altogether

Question 6

What are biological weapons?

Answer 6

Have bacteria or viruses in them that can lead to disease or death
If they enter the food chain or water supplies it would lead to death and illness on a massive scale
Banned under the Geneva conventions
Anthrax

Question 7

What are chemical weapons?

Answer 7

Used in ww1
Banned in 1924 but is still manufactured
Can cause choking, burning, paralysis and destruction of the environment
Agent Orange, Napalm

Question 8

What are nuclear weapons?

Answer 8

Cause huge devastation especially afterwards due to radioactive fallout
Used by USA in ww2 in Japan

Question 9

Give an example of a civil war

Answer 9

Syria, Libya, Egypt