Why The UN is Important For World Peace Flashcards
Why the UN is important for world peace
Impose sanctions on those threading world peace
Authorise use of force against those threading world peace
Send in peace keeping force to a) keep opposing sides apart b)enforce peace agreements
UNs work for peace-kosovo
1980s Kosovo becomes apart of Serbia
Kosovo peacefully tried to gain independence
Majority of kosovans were Albanians and formed KLA to forcefully gain independence
Serbian army began ethnic cleansing
Lead to thousands of deaths and refugees
NATO bombed Serbia until its force withdrew
The UN took over
How the UN dealt with the situation
Sent peace keeping force in, to keep Serbian army out
Protected Kosovan independence
Allowed kosovan democracy to develop
Helped the European Union to aid Kosovo to develop into an independence democratic state
War and peace
How religious organisations promote world peace
Organise public debates about the horrors of war
Organise anti war protests
Attend inter-faith conferences
Work for economic fairness
Why war occurs
Religion: One country (e.g Christian) sees another country treating its christians unfairly and want to protect them
Nationalism: thinking that all minority’s should be removed from your country e.g hitler and his treatment of Jews
Economics: invade a country to take its resources e.g first gulf war
Political differences
Just war theory
A war is just if…
If the cause of the war is just e.g to remove a form of injustice
If fought in an attempt to restore peace
Begun as a last resort
Must avoid killing civilians
Christian attitudes to war
Pacifism: refusing to fight on a war
Jesus said turn to the other cheek
Jesus said love your enemies
Jesus said those who live by the sword die by the sword
6th commandment states do not kill
2) Other Christian attitudes toward war
Can fight in JUST wars: realise it’s not always possible to avoid war so they will fight because :
All churches say they can fight in just war
St. Paul said you should follow orders of your government
Jesus never condemned the soldiers he met
Jesus said “give to Caesar what is caesars”
Bulling
Christian attitudes towards bulling:
They are all against because: Violence without cause is sinful It is mistreating gods creation The golden rule Parable of the Good Samaritan
Muslim attitudes towards bulling
Against it because :
Islamic society is based on the idea of mutual respect
Violence without cause is sinful
Muslims should protect the weak and innocent (Quran)
Mistreating god creation
Religious conflicts within families
Religion can cause conflicts in families when:
Children no longer want to be part of their parents religion: parents worry that they will not be with them in after life
Children want to marry outside of the faith: which religion will their child take
Where will the couple be buried
Children become more religious than parents: child might criticise the life of parent
Disagreements over moral issues:
A catholic who decides to get divorced
A couple that decides to live together before getting married
Christian teachings on forgiveness and reconciliation
Christians believe in this because:
Jesus died to bring about forgiveness of a mans sins and to reconcile humans with god
God forgives those that ask so we should too
St. Paul says christians should try and live in peace with one another these concepts will help this to happen
All churches teach christians that they should follow these ideas
Muslim teachings on forgiveness and reconciliation
Muslims should follow these because:
God is compassionate to sinners so they should be
Quran tells muslims to forgive they should obey Quran because it is word of god
Hadith (sayings of Muhammad) show him forgiving people and reconciling after battles- Muslims should follow his example
