Peace Breaks Out

The American Legion Preamble to me is “To promote peace and good will on earth.” This clause is important and meaningful because one of our main problems in America is keeping the peace among our citizens and exemplifying good will to everyone in our everyday lives whether big or small. It is important to remember that our country was at its best when all parties were peaceful and doing what was best for one another. The literal definition of peace is “freedom from disturbance.” We seemed to…

justification for military action and the war conduction and its reasons must be justifiable. Cicero was one of the first thinkers to share his thoughts about just war. He was concerned about the main reason of going to war that should be living in peace afterwards. The first individual to offer a proper theory about justice and war was Saint Augustine. He used the bible as guide to offer an…

Introduction: Isn't it time for us to have peace as the. Country we were found to be? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? Who are we if we are stopping that? Didn't Jesus want us all to love everyone as Jesus does? How can us not do this is we are enemies and hated by others that we can be friend and share with by taking away sanctions. We're already hated by many because of are countries history & intervening but if we have the opportunity to change, & build relationships, why…

I. Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars When Michael Walzer published his seminal Just and Unjust Wars (1977), it was becoming increasingly doubtful that Nixon and Brezhnev's policy of détente would provide adequate grounds for a long-term resolution to Cold War tensions; if we are to effectively analyze Walzer's argument, it is vital that we recognize that this is the unique historical context in which his scholarship is embedded and with which it is inextricably intertwined (Miller 2001).…

everyday life in the US realized Israel needed help, because the knew all Israel wanted was peace between the two bickering races. Israel was demanded to give up land in exchange for peace, but received known whatsoever, so US knew they had to step in and help. (Doc. 7) However, the US wasn’t the only country realizing Israel needed help defending itself from violence within the country. Egypt decided to form a peace agreement for the Israelis and the Palestinians, knowing this would help end…

There are many other theories as to what causes war. One theory that some believe causes war is the fact that people will obey the commands of others with higher power, even if it goes against their morals. This theory is something that truly does happen in humans, as can be seen in the Milgram experiment. In this experiment, subjects were observed to continually give another human an increasingly painful electric shock, eventually surpassing lethal levels, simply because a person with higher…

violence become the most prevalent solution to peace? That seems to be the case with the change in Canada’s direction with international actions. In 1956, Lester B. Pearson, the Canadian secretary of state for external affairs, created the idea of a United Nations peacekeeping force in order to solve the Suez Crisis. (Bolotta) This was a major success and has carried on until today, where many countries are providing contributions to help keep peace around the world. Canada had a reputation of…

War has been around for thousands of years and countless people have died fighting for a cause, religion, idea or belief. For as long as war has been around Philosophers have been thinking and debating the age-old question “Is war ever justified?” or “Can a war truly be Just?” We all know wars are terrible and cause many deaths and problems, I also understand war is and should always be the last and final option to try in any situation. In this Essay, I will be presenting some facts and reasons…

Can violence ever be justified? This is always a thorny question. During the peaceful era, the answer seems to be rather straightforward— in order to achieve the social harmony, no violence should be justified. However, when the situation complicates, it seems to be reckless to give such a simple reply. After reading Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and watching the Battle of Algiers, I think, in the colonial context, it is justifiable for the colonized to use violence in pursuit of…

factor in the conditions in resort to war. However, this principle has its limit. As signalled by the word ‘last’, it implies that war is the last option when all other conceivable alternatives failed. With the delay in decision making, as pointed out by Brough, Lango and Linden (2007),…