Peace and Conflict Flashcards
(22 cards)
Reasons to go to war?
- power
- land/ resources
- religion
- justice
- colonisation
- civil war
- self defence
- protection of human rights
- ally
War is wrong because…
- “Do not murder” 6th Commandment
- Jesus was a pacifist
- “Love thy neighbour”
- “Peace and goodwill to all men”
- “Those who live by the sword, die by the sword”
- “Love your enemies”
- “Blessed are the peacemakers”
- Stewardship, war ruins the environment
- Sanctity of life
War is right because…
- God told Sault to go and kill the Amalekites
- “Prepare for war”
- “Beat your ploughshares into swords”
- Holy war
- Justice and liberation
- St Thomas Aquinas’ Just War Theory
- “The Lord is a warrior”
- “An eye for an eye”
Just War Theory: St Thomas Aquinas
A uthority (gov approved) F orce (reasonable) R eason (good) R esort (last) O utcome (good)
The UN- The United Nations (non- Christian)
- Tries to stop countries fighting
- Clears up land mines
- Un soldiers do not fight except in self defence
- 30 human rights (UN Declaration of Human Rights)
- Peace-keepers between countries and between governments and their people
NATO- The North American Trade Organisation (non-Christian)
- Created 1949
- Military alliance
- Consists of 26 European countries
- These countries are allies
The Red Cross/ Crescent
- Largest humanitarian network
- All inclusive
- Help 70 million people annually
- Disaster training (prepared community)
- Petition governments to change laws
- Rebuild communities
Christian Aid
- Aim to bring aid to end poverty
- Work with refugees
- Support local organisations
- Try to prevent conflicts
- Missionary= not only aid others but preach their religion
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Biological
Chemical
Nuclear
- can kill large numbers of people and can cause great damage
Liberation Theology
Some Christians believe that Jesus came to Earth to liberate the poor.
“Sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind”
Parable of the Sheep and the Goat- Christians must care for the poor, needy and oppressed
Islam and War
“Be forgiving and control yourself in the face of provocation”
“You shall not enter Paradise until you have faith and you cannot have faith until you love one another”
Martin Luther King Jr.
- Fought for Black rights
- Black propel had not been treated right in America
- Tried to create peace and equality between races
Oscar Romero
- Archbishop of San Salvador
- called for land reform and a fairer distribution of wealth
- Church radio
- Agape(Christian love)
- “May God have mercy on the assassin”
- Wrote letters to the President and visited the Pope to tell of how his people were being killed and abused
- Beatified by the Pope
Irena Sendler
-saved 2,500 Jewish children from the holocaust
- smuggles then out of the Warsaw
Ghetto
- found non-Jewish families to adopt and raise them
“Carry each other’s burdens”
Dalai Lama
- wanted to break Tibet away from China and escape Chinese rule
- received the Nobel Prize for maintaining a policy of non violence with the Chinese government
Amnesty International and MENCAP
- A global movement of people who take injustice personally. They campaign for a world where human rights are experienced by everyone.
- UK’s leading learning disability charity working with people to with a learning disability and their families. Try to get equal rights for all.
Nuclear: Against
- Nuclear based increase the risk of an attack
- An accident could happen at nuke base
- contaminate environment for hundreds of years
- Wars have still been fought since the bomb
- South Africa has given up theirs niclear weapons. Others should do the same.
- the 76 billion spent on nuclear weapons could be better spent elsewhere
Nuclear: For
- people have jobs making the bombs
- by having bombs, never have to rely on other countries to defend them
- nuclear weapons now exist. There’s no way of turning back the time so we should keep them.
Just War Theory - Iraq War
A - YES UN had tried several non violent attempts to find a resolution. They also had the support of other countries
F - YES No nuclear weapons. Although innocent Iraqi civilians could have been killed, generally avoided
R - YES if it had begun because of the genocide caused by Saddam, NO if it had begun to gain control of Iraq’s oil reserves and as no weapons were found
R - YES other non violent methods tried but Iraq did not want to comply
O - YES as terrorists should be dealt with, NO as the outcome was not worth the lives lost
APF- Anglican Pacifist Fellowship
Actively work to end violence and war
Conscientious objectors of war and any other forms of violence
Negative effects of war
- families separated
- bombs: physical threat
- loss of homes
- gaps in education
- mental health/ PTSD/ insomnia
- death
- poverty
- refugees
- environmental destruction
- medical care
- trauma
- no government
- failed economy
Positive effects of war
- liberation
- rebuild economy
- freedom
- new government
- recovered environment
- families reunited
- education
