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The Moral Challenge
PEACE
Peace can only exist when we freely choose to:
- Cooperate
- Tolerate differences
- Treat one another fairly
- Make compromises
- Be accountable for our actions
What role can we play in a time of war?
THINK - PAIR - SHARE
How can we promote peace in our day-to-day lives?
KEY CONCEPT
PACIFISTS
PACIFISM
A pacifist believes that all forms of physical violence are wrong.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. : He organised peaceful boycotts, marches and sit-ins to achieve equal rights for America's black citizens.
KEY CONCEPT
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
The Society of Friends (Quakers):They teach that violence cannot combat evil. They campaign for disarmament.
A conscientious objector refuses to enlist in the combat units of a nation's armed forces in a time of war.
KEY CONCEPT
WAR
Revision
KEY CONCEPT
ABORTION
A JUST WAR
WAR is an armed conflict between rival groups.. Each side puts people forward to fight and kill one another.
A just war is one where there are good reasons for saying that going to war is the right thing to do.
What we will focus on today:
Seven Conditions for a Just War:
WAR
- Proper Authority
- Just Cause
- Right Intention
- Last Resort
- Likelihood of success
- Principle of proportion
- Safety of non-combatants
WHY?
- To overthrow an unjust government
- To gain control over land and natural resources
- Revenge