Social Criticism Of War In Voltaire's 'Candide'

Violence has always and always be a part of human life on Earth, but does it come naturally or is it created by humans to destroy each other. If humans have evolved as aggressors, if using violence is a core part of our nature, then aggression needs to be a trait that can be targeted and shaped by evolutionary processes. But it doesn’t seem like it is, there are plenty of completely peaceful societies. But these places are usually found only in incredibly remote places of the world. Not in powerful countries such as the United States.
In the article it says “The purpose of the sometimes violent competition that goes with human urges for higher status and greater reproductive success is not to kill, any more than the purpose of its stylized quintessence boxing is. But sometimes people …show more content…
By having the scene of the young girl being violated by a soldier and the commander not doing anything about it, Voltaire is criticising the notion of anything goes in war. The ends justify the means to most military leaders. The articles says this too “humans have repeatedly encountered a wide range of situations in which the benefits of killing another person outweighed the costs”.Shouldn't the cost of another human beings life outweigh whatever political or military gain that follows? Human nature is to try and survive for as long as possible, So why do people always resort to violence when they should be doing everything in their power to stay alive. Even in today’s modern society you almost never see people helping each other on the news, but when you do it’s because of a catastrophic disaster not just because they feel like they should help every person survive. The news is full violence and as a society people have accepted that it is never going away instead of actively trying to come together and decide that we all bleed red and above everything else we are all