Perpetual peace

Violence is also justified in war. Obviously, war tends to be very violent but sometimes people would say that violence in war has to have a limit. In actuality, there is no limit of violence in war. In the article “Hiroshima: Was It Necessary”, Doug Long (n.d.) writes about how there is no limit in war by using the bombing of Hiroshima as an example. Japan was fighting against the United States and had four years bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States fought back but Japan did not surrender.…

place.... It sounds like it could not be a true statement, I know. Although, what I tell you, is in fact a true statement. At one point in time, there was no major wars anywhere, throughout planet Earth. Many people on the planet enjoyed the new found peace and prosperity, the Leaders of the world, found better use for their wealth, that equated to trillions of dollars. A large amount of wealth that would have normally been, used for War,Guns and War Machines. The Countries of the world, now…

war is morally justifiable because it is necessary to maintain peace. For example Marcus Tullius Cicero in "On Duties" writes, "Excuse, therefore, for going to war is that we may live in peace unharmed." The quote proves war is morally justifiable because it is maintaining peace for those who fight for it. Another example is found in president Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Farewell Adress" where he states, "A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment." The following statement…

in war. I believe that it is okay to kill in war due to the fighting for your own survival, fighting for the protection of others and what is stated in the Bible. When in your home country, you are forced to see you people living in harmony and peace, or see them perish due to the fact that you cannot protect them. George Orwell has stated that, "Those who “abjure” violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf." So, those who have never been to war and had to…

“Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” -Ronald Reagan. Waknuk is a town built on a single belief, purity. Consequently anything found to be impure is destroyed without question, without remorse, whether it be animal, plant or human being nothing is spared. Even if there is speculation or debate about whether there is a deviation the subject will be culled just to be sure. Instead of handling their issues peacefully would rather simply kill off…

Just War Theory is something I believe in. However, I believe some modifications may be needed in contemporary America. Snauwaert asserts it is somewhat of a misnomer to suggest the United States is at war with terrorism because terrorism is a tactic . Thus, Snauwaert suggests the United States is at war with the practitioners of terrorism. This is a dangerous suggestion. One must separate the cause from the effect. If a doctor treats the symptoms and not the cause of the disease, the disease…

The argument of Margaret Mead makes in her essay, Warfare Is Only an Invention – Not a Biological Necessity, is completely valid. She claims that warfare is learned and is as much of an invention as the justice system and that until a different behavior comes to replace war and make it unnecessary, humans will resort to warfare. She is not unhopeful that another invention will develop to replace war, explaining that propaganda against war and exposing the true impacts of violence will help to…

“For the sake of its own security, each nation can and should demand that the others enter into a contract resembling the civil one and guaranteeing the right of each (Kant pg 115).” Immanuel Kant has the idea of perpetual peace that could only be obtained through our universal morality. He writes a lot about morality to try and inform his readers that internationally, morality within humans needs to be acted on in a way other humans would agree with. Kant wants humans to act in a universally…

Democracy is considered as a peaceful entity and the world without war. American president Woodrow Wilson, for example, believes that democracy is inherently peace desiring and consequently contributes to the world peace, replacing war-like political regime (Gat, 2006). It is largely supported by liberal thinkers such as John Locke and Immanuel Kant. Liberalism is considered as an alternative theoretical thinking to realism, which is regarded as the dominant theory in the international…

In A Separate Peace John Knowles makes a compelling story about two teenagers, Gene and Phineas, going through life during the time of war. These teenagers were best of friends at their high school, Devon. Being friends, they both brought out the worst and the best in the other, yet they both sacrificed something more important for humanity, during a time where friendships and humanity were betrayed most by an evil called war. Gene, being a competitive person, acquired thinking process in which…