Combatant

Poverty is a disastrous problem that affects nearly 10% of the global population (www.worldhunger.org). Peter Singer proposes that Americans donate any excess income to overseas aid to combat international poverty in “The Singer Solution to World Poverty”. An estimated 44.2 million people living in the United States, nearly 13% of the US population, were in poverty as of 2016 (www.census.gov). National poverty needs to be addressed before international poverty while keeping in mind that donating…

The administration made the category of “enemy combatants” in order to deprive detainees of the legal protections of either the U.S. courts or “prisoner-of-war” status. They tried to detain these enemy combatants, some of them American citizens, indefinitely without trial, and without the right to have courts review their cases. Bush announced that these terrorists were not protected…

religious, or ideological aim. In modern times, terrorism is considered a major threat to society and therefore illegal under anti-terrorism laws in mostjurisdictions. It is also considered a war crime under the laws of war when used to target non-combatants, such as civilians, neutral military personnel, or enemy prisoners of war.[1] A broad array of political organizations have practiced terrorism to further their objectives. It has been practiced by mostly right-wing and sometimes left-wing…

force or aggressive action an act of “war.” In my work, I will discuss how the environment is incorporated into this, and if it plays a factor in justifying “aggressive acts.” I will also take an in depth look at “Jus in Bello” considerations, or combatants actions while engaged in war, to amplify meaningful facts on JWT. Lastly, I will illustrate how the environment is posing a grave threat to certain inhabitants, and how military mobilization…

legislators. The most recent instance of the circumvention of the writ of habeas corpus occurred when President George Bush declared that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay could be detained indefinitely without rights of due process because they were combatants of the United States, and not citizens. This decision was very controversial because many believed that it was unconstitutional and that it violated the basic human rights of the human beings imprisoned…

Enemies, threats such as anti-ship missiles, speed boats, submarines, shore-based cruise missiles, littoral threats, sea mines, ballistic missiles, or asymmetric threats, missions/operations, technologies alter drastically. They require new capabilities for naval vessels. Modularity provides necessary quality attributes, reduced operational downtime, reduced shipbuilding costs, decreased construction time and many more military benefits that minimize the challenges faced. This study examines…

Spartacus was additionally prepared as a combatant at the gladiatorial school close Capua, which was possessed by Lentulus Batiatus. As he was being prepared as a fighter and being detained as a slave, Spartacus and other kindred warriors were arranging a departure. In this article I intend to advise perusers on the recorded strengths that were included with Spartacus and the slave revolt he drove. The authentic…

What caused World War I? What were the major combatants and why were they fighting? June 19, 1914, marked the start of World War I with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Black Hand, a Serbian nationalist secret society was responsible for the assassination of Ferdinand. On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia because they blamed the deaths of the archduke and his wife on the country. Austria-Hungary gave Serbia a list of ultimatums saying that if they didn’t…

Fraternity on the Frontlines: Fictive Kinship and the Great War Noting how “[i]n every combatant country there emerged groups of people whose business it was to help each other recover from [the First World War’s] traumatic consequences,” Jay Winter borrows anthropology’s idea of ‘fictive kin’ to denote close relationships between “particular groups of survivors, whose bond is social and experiential…as opposed to those linked by blood bonds or marriage” (47, 40). Winter argues for a link that…

Utilitarianism is based on the The Greatest Happiness Principle, which states that people should act in accordance towards maximizing one’s pleasure, while minimizing one’s pain. This is also relevant in a communal setting focusing on benefitting the majority of a group. The two philosophers that will be discussed are: Elizabeth Anscombe and Jeremy Bentham. The Anscombian point of view protests against the use of murder as a means to an end. The Bentham-style utilitarian abides by The Greatest…