Is Violence Ever Justified? Essay

To start with my opinion on ¨Is violence ever justified?¨ My opinion is that it cannot be justified. There is never a time that violence can be justified, even in self defense, or as retaliation, or to try to make changes. To begin with, people try to justify violence because they think it is the only way to solve their problems. For example, during the lynch mob in To Kill a Mockingbird when Scout, Jem, and Dill ran down to the courthouse where Atticus was guarding the door from where Tom Robinson was sleeping. Mr. Cunningham and the mob came to kill Tom Robinson. Scout said you came to my daddy´s house and gave him something and he did not speak and told the mob, ¨Come on let's get out of here.¨ The mob thought they were justified because…

try to get away, telling this strange man to stop, but he is persisted, and does not let you escape (Gleave, “When Is Violence Justified?”). How would you get out of this situation? Begging this man to have mercy, or turning to physical contact to forcefully push him aside? At those circumstances, nobody knows for sure if violence is ever a necessity, but other types of violence such as domestic should never be tolerated, so when would it be? In some opinions, people say that violence should…

For the question on Things Fall Apart, it is when is violence ever justified? Now in this book there is indeed a lot of violence in here. You have Okonkwo's beating and berating his own wives, wrestling, and a lot anger directed towards anyone. For his own action has been kinda justified but he still keep on going. Somewhere in the story there was a holiday for the week called the week of peace. It was an event that nobody was to show violence but apparently Okonkwo broke the rules and he’s…

Have you ever been treated wrong and felt it was right to set out for revenge? The article "Blocking the Transmission of Violence" by Alex Kotlowitz talks about Martin Torres and Zale Hoddenbach and their involvement in a Chicago program called Ceasefire which is supposed to stop violence in it's tracks. Revenge is not justified because by seeking revenge it can cause you to go to jail, may cause you to feel guilty or may cause more harm to yourself. Revenge is not justified because it may…

We live in a world that is full of love, compassion, and understanding. Unfortunately we also live in a world full of violence, hate, and evil. Steven Pinker said “Human nature is complex. (BrainyQuote) Even if we do have inclinations towards violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control. I believe that violence is apart of human nature it is in us to justify the violent actions that we commit through media, collective violence, and sports. While violence is not…

Christians should consider that pacifism, which is the belief that violence cannot be justified under any circumstance, is interpretable from Christianity. While this is a strong stance, there are compelling arguments connecting faith and nonresistance. John Howard Yoder lays out the argument that violence is an offense directly against God that cannot be justified. Just War Theory is often raised as a sway for Christians to commit to nonviolence except in certain circumstances. Even if violence…

War I is the “war to end all wars.” Despite the preachers of peace, the occurrence of the Second World War conclusively prove that unbroken peace are unrealistic. More than 70 million people were killed during World War II than in World War I which was approximately 8 million people. Even though World War II is over, there are still a large number of wars today, such as the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Day by day, men are sent out to war to sacrifice themselves for the sake of equality, freedom…

It’s a sad fact that this beautiful, magical world has become a military state. We just hear about it so much these days due to social media and the Internet. Because of greedy, immoral people, the assumed solution to today’s many problems, especially between countries, is war – killing, genocide, torture, violence, and suffering. It’s frightening how often a country relies on military force to defend its country’s major multi-billion dollar enterprises – like ones refining crude oil, and mining…

Over the course of time, and throughout many cultures the act of killing a man could be condemned or be considered permissible depending on the circumstances. During the eighteenth century, killing a man was justified in the context of a duel. In many countries today, a person convicted of a crime can be executed without repercussion to the executor. In the epic poem The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus kills and injures many enemies. In today’s culture this may seem like an unfair punishment however…

People everyday question whether war or violence is the answer; many of those who express that war is always unjustifiable and will never be right have never witnessed nor taken part in an armed conflict. So to quote Ryan Job, a man who was wounded in action and died from his wounds while in surgery years later, said “Despite what your momma told you, Violence does solve problems.”; He made this statement to a young college girl who was against the war in Iraq, where Ryan was wounded and lost…