Section 3 Flashcards
What does the UN do to help achieve world peace?
4 ways
1) Helps organise peaceful elections
2) Ensure people have equal rights
3) Peace keeping force works to eliminate crime
4) Encourages peaceful answers to conflict
How does the UN do it’s work?
4 ways
1) The UN gets celebrities to raise awareness
2) International court of Justice (settles legal problems)
3) Publicises areas of injustice
4) Peace keeping force in 16 different countries
How do religious groups try to make world peace?
4 ways
1) Public debates
2) Public statements
3) Work to stop causes of war
4) Interfaith Conferences
Why do wars occur?
4 reasons
1) Religion
2) Nationalism and ethnicity
3) Economics and resources
4) Political differences
How does religion cause war?
3 ways
1) 1 country may believe it’s followers are being treated badly
2) Majority of a religion in an area but the country asa whole is a different
3) Differences in religious groups
How does nationalism and ethnicity cause war?
4 ways
1) Some believe that each separate ethnic group should have their own country (civil wars)
2) minority ethnic groups should be removed (e.g. Jews and ww2)
3) Artificially created countries
4) Differences between ethnic groups
How does economics cause wars?
2 ways
1) Moving to other countries because they have resources
2) Oil access
How do political differences cause war?
2 ways
1) Two political groups are fighting for power
2) A political group wants to take over another country
What is a Just war?
4 rules
Must-
1) Have a just cause
2) Have a reasonable chance of success
3) Fought by the authority of the UN
4) Avoid innocents and civilians being killed
Why do Christians agree with war?
4 reasons
1) St Paul said that Christians should obey the authorities of the government
2) Jesus never condemned the soldiers
3) Jesus ‘Give to Caesar what is Caesars’ taxes may be used for weapons and war
4) Jesus in the temple
Why are Christians Pacifists?
4 reasons
1) Sheep and Goat- Judged-be peacekeepers
2) Golden Rule
3) The Decalouge
4) Turn the other cheek
Why are Muslims against war?
4 reasons
1) Violence only leads to more violence
2) Non-violence is the only way to make peace
3) Peace & reconciliation is at the heart of Islam’
4) Modern Weapons can’t be compatable with Muslim rul
