...TERRORISM, WAR, PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS FACULTY GUIDEBAC 445 FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY OPTIONS BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CONTEMPORARY STUDIES COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will explore ethical, theoretical, and practical questions relating to terrorism, the engagement of war, cultural and ethnic conflicts. This course will explore why we wage war, the development of terrorism and its impact on societies, society’s quest for peace and the methods attempted to achieve peace. This course will also explore the concept of human rights and how terrorism and war impact these rights. © Copyright Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO, January 2007. COURSE OVERVIEW TOPICS • Historic and philosophical positions on war • Contemporary moral foundations on war • Human rights • Terrorism • Humanitarian intervention and preemptive war • Religious positions on war • Toward a theory of just peace COURSE OVERVIEW INTRODUCTORY NOTES TO FACULTY The subjects of war, peace, terrorism and human rights are daily fare in the media. While people form strong opinions on these matters and tend to regard them as right or wrong, many do not have the skills to analyze and clearly articulate a rationale for their positions. The purpose of this course is thus twofold: to equip students with the ethical theories needed to make a judgment...
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...In the novel "War and peace" of L.N. Tolstaya uses reception of an antithesis, opposing the real life — false, true vital values — false, internal beauty — external. An embodiment of external beauty and internal emptiness is in the novel Elaine Bezoukhova, an embodiment of internal beauty, life, love — Natasha Rostova. Natasha — the favourite heroine of Tolstoy. It submits the reader the sincerity, a spontaneity, cheerfulness, poetry, richness of an inner world. "The poetic, full of life, the charming girl" her Andrey Bolkonsky calls. For the first time we meet Natasha in the house Growth, she appears at us the thirteen-year-old girl, absolutely young, touching, direct. "Black-eyed, with a big mouth, the ugly, but living girl, with the children's open coat hanger … with the black curls which got off back, the thin bared hands and small legs in lacy pantalonchik and open shoes, was at that lovely age, when the girl not the child, but the child not the girl yet any more". We see how Natasha matures, goes to the first ball, endures the first love. This heroine is very direct, close to the nature. She admires beauty of a moonlight night in Otradnoye, is very organic in a hunting scene. Natasha is very musical, romantic. She perfectly sings, is thin feels music, Denisov admires her singing. And dancing of Natasha in which all reveals her Russian soul? This dancing delights both the uncle, and Nikolay, and the aunt Anisyyu who suddenly understand that this young girl "was able...
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...War and Peace In 1914, all the world’s major powers went into war. The war started in Europe, we know as being the First World War or “The Great War”. Although, great is the worst word to tag to its name. Unless you would consider millions of people dying amongst massive carnage, then you would be spot on. As big as the war was, it was the soldiers that fought in it came out most impacted. Peace treaties ended the war, but they did not of which put an end to the trauma and after effects of the wars survivors. Before the war, the government did an excellent job of conveying that political situations were not worth fighting for, then within a year their thoughts changed and most people were on board with the idea of war. As the war began, “most people seemed genuinely convinced that their nation’s cause was just.” (Spielvogel 881) Which was a good thing for the troops; because they would need all the support they could to make it through the tough conditions they were about to ender on the battle field. Most of the fighting took part in what was called trench warfare. Fighters spent basically four years fighting in trenches protected by barbed wire and backed by heavy artillery. “Soldiers in the trenches also lived with the persistent presence of death.” (Spielvogel 886) As soldiers were being killed in these trenches, the others have to keep on fighting amidst all the dead bodies of their fellow soldiers all around them. “No-man’s land” separates the opposing...
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...There had been many speculations in the media about the US and allied forces bring a somewhat sense of freedom and democracy to the people of Iraq. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and believe in everything that our president tells us. We are all human and we all want people to believe in us. So Bush used persuasive words to make us believe that the war in Iraq had to be dealt on immediately to make the world a safer place for its friends and itself. Whilst arranging for battle in this war, George Bush and Tony Blair declared repeatedly that Iraq had “Weapons of mass destruction” (WMDs). They said that to prevent Saddam from using these against his own people or neighbours that we had to take action before Saddam brings it to the United States. In all of this, there was no actual evidence to support this claim and in the end no WMDs were actually found. Whilst Iraq didn’t have any WMDs the US and Pakistan had, but you didn’t see them invading their enemies with them. To strengthen their choice, they reminded us that Saddam had used chemical weapons against the Iraqi Kurds in 1988. What they did not remind us of, was that the US supported Saddam at the time and continued supporting him for another year and a half. Many people who supported the invasion into Iraq claimed that the “Coalition forces” removed a malicious dictator and bring democracy to Iraq. As malicious and undemocratic as Saddam was, the invasion was undemocratic. As a member of the UN, the US pledged to...
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...lot of reasons for war. It depends on why the war is being fought, who is fighting the war, and how the war is being fought. These are three big reason's that come to mind when I think about war and peace. Let's look at the first issue of war and that is why the war is being fought. There are many reasons for war. War is normally started by conflicting Idea's. If you look at the two major wars in American history, the Revolutionary and Civil war, you will see that they both were started because of conflicting idea's. Let's first look at the Revolutionary war which brought Independence to America. The reason it was fought was not for this reason only, but one of the major reason's was the colonies didn't want to be taxed without representation, which conflicted with the idea's of the British Empire. Did this war bring peace? Well it depends on which side of the war you were on. If you were on the colonies side then yes the Revolutionary war brought independence and more peace than there was before the war except for the lose of lives, which is always a factor of war. If you were on the British Empire side then no the war did not bring peace. The war was lost along with the 13 colonies and lives were lost. Now lets look at the Civil war. Another war that was fought over conflicting idea's. The North wanted to end slavery which conflicted with the South idea of wanting to keep slavery. After the war was fought slavery was ended. Did this war bring peace? Again it all depends...
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...The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid in Somalia Rachel Gardner Professor Marco Mena Sociology of Developing Countries Strayer University 5/4/2014 The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid Foreign aid plays a major role in the sustainability of economic and social activities of developing nations. Whether in the form of development or humanitarian aid, the foreign aid is key to ensuring better living conditions and economic development for these states. These forms of aid are influential in pushing for progress in among the developing nations, but the presence of war greatly affects progress. War has a bearing impact on the distribution of foreign aid in the developing nations due to the resulting impediments that hinder effective movements of the aid to the intended population. One such country is Somalia that has for decades faced civil war due to the lack of a stable government. The effect of the war is eminent; starving population, poor infrastructure, disease outbreaks and mass displacements of the country’s citizens into refugee camps. However, the country has also received large amounts of foreign aid to assist it in addressing its current troubles, but due the continued prevalence of war in the country no substantial gain has been witnessed. Judging from countries facing similar conditions, it becomes apparent that key is vital for the effectiveness of foreign aid failure to which no significant development can occur. Peace is a key factor in effective...
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...Khoa Hong Luong 02/15/2015 Assignment 1: The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid SOC 300 Professor Sunmolu (Jimi) Peters Strayer University Currently, Vietnam is one of the developing countries in the world that needs helps from developed countries like the United States. Vietnam has just stepped out of its civil war for 40 years and Vietnamese people are still suffering from the damage of the war. Even though Vietnamese people are on their way building the nation up, there are still a lot of obstacles like severe disasters and economic impact preventing them from building the country. Therefore, foreign aids are necessary for Vietnam to overcome these difficulties. During 1945 and 1975, Vietnam was divided into two regions which are the Southern Vietnam and the Northern Vietnam. The Northern Vietnam was aided by Russia and China while the Southern Vietnam was aided by the United States. Both regions of Vietnam received foods, weapons and money from the three big nations in exchange for many advantage conditions for them after the war ended. The Northern Vietnam won the war so China and Russia become the biggest alliances of Vietnam, and get many benefits when they invest in Vietnam. The Southern Vietnam still receive foreign aids from Russia and China while the United States has cut the relationship and close the aid program with the Vietnamese. Furthermore, from 1993 to 2004, Vietnamese government received pledges of the US$29 billion of Official Development...
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...The War Changes Everything "Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and dies." -Herbert Hoover. War changes a soldier, a citizen, and a family. If there was no war there would be less to worry about. There would be no more "what if" statements, no more worry about where someone will see themselves in the near future. The plot of a A Separate Peace would be affected because boys would never go to war, the boys would not be comparing their lives to the military, and other conflicts would not have happened. During A Separate Peace, the setting takes place during World War II. Typically men are drafted to enter the battlefield. So, the boys at Devon or any other school could be drafted into the war. If the war had not of happened, the boys would never go to war. One example is when Gene wants to be drafted because of Finny. Gene is a follower, so he is going to want to be like Finny. Also, Finny would have never broken his leg the first or the second time. The second time Finny broke his leg, it happened because he falls down the stairs because he was trying to prove he could fight in the war. "the quick rapping of his cane,"(Knowles 97). Lastly, Leper would have never been drafted in the war, when Leper was drafted, it freaked Gene...
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...Derivative The derivative of the function f with respect to the variable x is the function fı whose value at x is fıx= limh→0fx+h-f(x)h provided the limit exist. Derivative The derivative of the function f with respect to the variable x is the function fı whose value at x is fıx= limh→0fx+h-f(x)h provided the limit exist. Differentiation f(x) | ddx | xn | nxn-1 | f∙g | fgı+gfı | fg | gfı- fgı g2 | f(gx) | fı(gx)gı(x) | sinx | cosx | cosx | -sinx | tanx | sec2x | cotx | -csc2x | secx | secxtanx | cscx | -cscxcotx | ex | ex | ax | axlna | lnx | 1x | Arcsin x | 11-x2 | Arctan x | 11+x2 | The Sum and Difference Rule If u and v are differentiable functions ofx, then their sum and difference are differentiable at every point where u and v are differentiable. At such points, ddx(u±v)= dudx ±dvdx The Sum and Difference Rule If u and v are differentiable functions ofx, then their sum and difference are differentiable at every point where u and v are differentiable. At such points, ddx(u±v)= dudx ±dvdx The Constant Multiple Rule If u is a differentiable function of x and c is a constant, then ddx(cu)= cdudx The Constant Multiple Rule If u is a differentiable function of x and c is a constant, then ddx(cu)= cdudx Power Rule for Positive Integer Powers of x If n is a positive integer, then ddx(xn)= nxn-1 Power Rule for Positive Integer Powers of x If n is a positive integer, then ddx(xn)= nxn-1 Derivative of Constant Function If...
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...The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid LaRonda McKay Strayed University Sociology of Developing Countries Professor Donna Robinson November 1, 2015 The Effect of War and Peace on Foreign Aid Egypt is a developing country that has poor living conditions and very few job opportunities. Since 2011 the Egyptian government has been questionable about what it stands for. This has caused almost no economic growth and in return lead to borrowing lots of money and relying on their allies to foot the bill. Egypt chosen a new path to reform which will lead to economic growth and stability by building new infrastructure and creating jobs for the people. Foreign aid is providing Egypt with the funding to help reach economic stability. To bad the countries internal conflicts are likely to erupt into a civil war that will easily be a negative effect on their growth. On Tuesday, January 25, 2011, in Egypt protesters took to the streets. They were protesting against poverty, unemployment, and government corruption. The protest was taking place in Cairo and two other major cities. The police arrested and injured many protesters. The military moved in to take over security, and the protesters did not even care because they have more respect for the military than the police department. The government shut down internet access in the country to keep the protesters from sending out information. After eighteen days of protest, President Hosni Mubarak resigned and left Cairo. Due to the...
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...Anna Karenina Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. It was born in the society where capitalism was developing and shifted from the old society to the new one in the late-19th-century feudal Russia, but the society wasn’t out of the shackles of feudalistic ideas. It describes the tragic story that the noble married woman called Anna fell in love with a young man, who is also an aristocrat in the aristocracy, and finally they break up and Anna kills herself. Tolstoy's style in Anna Karenina is considered by many critics to be transitional, forming a bridge between the realist and modernist novel. Anna married socialite and but she has affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story opens when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though she would experience less tolerance by others. Vronsky is eager to marry her if she will agree to leave her husband Karenin, a senior government official, but she is vulnerable to the pressures of Russian social norms, the moral laws of the Russian Orthodox Church, her own insecurities, and Karenin's indecision. Although Vronsky and Anna go to Italy, where they can be together, they have trouble making friends. Back in Russia, she is shunned, becoming further isolated and anxious, while Vronsky pursues his social life. Despite Vronsky's reassurances, she grows increasingly possessive and paranoid about his imagined infidelity...
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...SNo | Student Name | 1 | AABHA JHALARIA | 2 | AANCHAL GOYAL | 3 | AASHI AGARWAL | 4 | AASHMA SINGH GOUR | 5 | AASTHA SANGWAN | 6 | AAYUSHI GOYAL | 7 | AAYUSHI MANGLA | 8 | ABHA SINGH | 9 | ADITI AGARWAL | 10 | ADITI BHANDULA | 11 | ADITI CHAURASIA | 12 | ADITI SARAF | 13 | AIMY SHUKLA | 14 | AISHI BAIDYA | 15 | AISHWARYA SONI | 16 | AKANKSHA AGARWAL | 17 | AKANKSHA GHANGAS | 18 | AKRITI BINDAL | 19 | AKSHADA KUMARI JOSHI | 20 | ALISHA | 21 | ALVI FATIMA RIZWI | 22 | AMISHA JHAWAR | 23 | AMISHA NAGPAL | 24 | ANAMIKA TULSYAN | 25 | ANANYA AGARWAL | 26 | ANISHA BHUDOLIA | 27 | ANISHA SAXENA | 28 | ANJALI DUGAR | 29 | ANJALI JAIN | 30 | ANJALI VERMA | 31 | ANKITA AGRAWAL | 32 | ANNU KUMRI | 33 | ANSHU BHANSALI | 34 | ANTARA KASHYAP | 35 | ANUSHA TIWARI | 36 | ANUSHKA JAISWAL | 37 | ANUSHKA SINGH | 38 | APOORVA MEENA | 39 | ARADHANA JAIN | 40 | ARCHANA JAIN | 41 | ARSHDEEP KAUR | 42 | ARSHIA GOYAL | 43 | ARSHIYA BISHNOI | 44 | ASHNA RAJ | 45 | ASHVEEN BRAR | 46 | ASTHA AGRAWAL | 47 | AYSHMEEN KAUR | 48 | AYUSHI AGARWAL | 49 | AYUSHI AGRAWAL | 50 | AYUSHI BHARADIA | 51 | BABALJEET KAUR | 52 | BHAVIKA MUNDRA | 53 | BHAWANA SINHA | 54 | BHOOMIKA KUMAWAT | 55 | CHAND RATHORE | 56 | CHARU SANKHALA | 57 | CHATTERJEE NAYONIKA | 58 | CHELSIA CHUCHRA | 59 | CHESTA KHATRI | 60 | CHHAVI AGARWAL | 61 | DAMINI BISHNOI...
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...The 19th century was a time of great political and social upheaval in Russia. Beginning with the abolition of serfdom in 1861, Russia experienced the age of the Great Reforms, leading to a complete overhaul of the country’s social and political climate. This age of restless transformation led to the realization of a new cultural phenomenon: suicide. Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina supports the notion that a national suicide “epidemic”, as the journalists of the time interpreted the statistics, was a by-product of the decomposing societal and moral order produced by the inception of material progress. Furthermore, Anna Karenina mirrors the “cultural institution” of suicide that erupted in the 1860’s and offers a realistic, albeit fictional, representation of the suicide phenomenon regarding both peasants and nobles. Leo Tolstoy, through use of railroads as a symbol in Anna Karenina, shared views similar with his contemporaries on the negative impact of material progress on the mental health of Russian society. Approximately 30 years before the reforms of the 1860’s, an Englishman who traveled to St. Petersburg, Thomas Raikes, Esq., commented that Russians had not yet experienced the progress of civilization that accounted for the misery leading to suicide. At the time, Russians were not yet privy to the amount of responsibility over their social and political conditions as they would be when the reforms took place, therefore they still lived free of the passion and anguish which...
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...Comparative Essay Into the Wild Leo Tolstoy is considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time, influencing the world of the arts as well as the way we analyze the philosophies of human beings. Throughout the past century, he has influenced millions of people with his meaningful and powerful novels and essays about the way we appreciate love and how we live our lives. When reading the novel Into the Wild, it becomes clear that the artist’s philosophies have had leverage on Christopher McCandless and the theories he applies to his chosen lifestyle. When analyzing McCandless’ behavior, Tolstoy’s importance becomes evident through the reasons the protagonist has when leaving the society he was a part of in terms of luxury, human contact with the wilderness, and the importance of conscience. These ideals can be seen specifically represented in one of Tolstoy’s essays titled On Labor and Luxury, which forms part of a compilation of papers published in the book What to do? in 1887. Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy opens his argumentative piece by describing his reasons to criticize society, which presents McCandless’ ideals on escaping the community he was a part of. Tolstoy describes “the wretchedness of our life” by stating that “If the people of our sphere, of our caste, will only take a serious look at themselves, then young persons, who are in search of personnel happiness, will stand aghast at the ever-increasing wretchedness of their life, which is plainly leading them...
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