Civil Peace

Pacifism is defined as “opposition to war or violence of any kind”. In theory, pacifism is an abstraction that would make the world an idyllic place, but when several parties are on the opposite side of the spectrum and decide to take what they want from others by using brute force, is pacifism plausible if one wants to survive? Over the past nine centuries, empires from all over the world have been invading countries, slaughtering thousands to claim land and anything else that they felt is…

Terrorist a Villain or a Hero? War exists, terrorism exists and they will continue. Just War is a doctrine used by nations such as the United States that justifies war. When there are horrendous acts occurring on or by people it can be morally implied to go to war. A war that is deemed as moral is widely supported as a country is fighting for what they believe in. Laurie Calhoun’s perspective is that terrorists also use the Just War Theory. She states that “both parties to every conflict…

Introduction PACS 311 Doing Development: Issues of Justice and Peace offers a unique, valuable learning experience from the educational content to the course structure and student involvement. Exploring topics through readings and presentations was effective throughout the term, however the unique learning aspect that PACS 311 also offers includes additional learning experiences through class discussion and group presentations. The valuable classroom experience allowed students to share and…

In times of conflict throughout human history genuine calls for peace have erupted in many areas around the world. In the case of the Commission, the misconceptions, outcry for nationalism, and other Balkan conflicts in the area directed their desires in establishing unity and peace. Especially, since the peace movements of this time in America and Europe felt sympathy for Balkan Slavs. In their eyes, knowledge of conflicts in the associated areas was highly important for this commission in…

Wars are cruel. No matter how many conflicts are presented in the society, it’s still better to not start a war. War has been always considered the worst solution for any problem, because it has many bad effects on individuals and the society without solving the problem itself. In the short story “Dangerland” by Oakland Ross, the cruelty of war causes the lack of morality. In the war zone, dishonesty becomes important in order to reach one’s goals. People there try to lie so many times so that…

Al Harrison, a civil rights organiser, said that the “[Americans] [have] no business fighting a yellow man’s war to save the white man.” , which is a statement coming from one of their own people. The involvement of the Americans was not only causing trouble and complicating…

prepare a population, marshall nation will, ramp up production, and training will be key factors in winning a war of national preservation. An excellent object lesson in this is the american civil war. This conflict used military power built on popular support and industrialization (CMHW Pg. 238) The civil war indicated that the capacity of the modern state to fully mobilize its human and industrial resources could feed the battlefield almost indefinitely. In the end, the scale and scope of…

People lose their lives for the love of the country, but the love of the country deserves to be spread in peace and not with machines and other weapons that man makes. The human being is capable of so much more than hate and war. The Just War shows the reasons to engage in war but Pacifism is the complete opposite. Pacifism has many different views but one thing…

(2009) say that elected leaders under the last term of a term-limit can diverge from the population’s interests and go to war. As stated earlier, the Democratic Peace Theory is a theory that believes democracies hesitate to engage in armed conflict with other democracies because of mutual democratic pacifism maintaining that the state of peace can easily be sustained between democratic nations. However, democracies can engaging in war through a coup, such as the coup in Venezuela when the…

There is something special about a golf course in the morning. Over the last 5 years, I have spent a lot of mornings on a golf course. Before I got my driver’s license I would have my grandparents take me to the golf course in the morning and get picked up later in the day. Once I got my license, I would drive to the course early in the morning and be one of the first people out on the course so I would have the entire course to myself to practice on. As a sophomore in high school, I got a job…