(i)Examine the view that it may be possible to justify involvement in war on some occasions. The Just war theory deals with the justification of how and why wars are fought. The justification can be theoretical. The theoretical aspect is concerned with justifying war ethically. The role of ethics is used to examine whether war is justified and if so can the aspects be changed. The just war tradition also considers the thoughts of various philosophers through the ages and examine their philosophical
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Abstract The Iroquois Indians are regarded as the original inhabitants of New York State and Ontario. Prior to being colonized by the Europeans, mainly the British and French, there were five sub-tribes in the Iroquois nation. The Iroquois Indian has existed in North America for the last 4000years. The tribe consists of a well structured social, political, cultural and economic set up. Iroquois confederacy served the purpose of uniting the Indian tribes. The confederacy consisted of six Indian nations
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about this incident. * Three affective tactics to persuade people of the USA and other country about attacking Syria. 1. On the summit of the Group of 20 (G20), Obama tried to persuade the leader of those countries to interfere the Syria war by telling them the people of Syria is suffering from the Sarin ( the poison gas) if they don’t stop the government force there. Some of the country, like France, is showing their support toward U.S. intervention. There were ten countries signed up
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ANALYZE AND UNDERSTAND: The Radio Address was a historical speech that sought after peace from the impending war. This is a primary source because it’s a firsthand account of the event. Throughout the reading of this speech, I found some keywords that I believed were important and defining them helped me understand the speech more. Belligerent, was a word Charles used to describe our nation which means hostile and aggressive. He also used propaganda frequently throughout the speech which means
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Israel started during the Second World War, when the German leader Hitler started the holocausts against the Jews. The Jews escaped going to Palestine and started to build their own state in an existing one. The state of Israel is always asking for peace and making treaties for the existence of peace such as the Camp David treaty between Egypt and Israel after the 6th of October war. After all the conferences and speeches done by the state of Israel for peace and asking for it, on the other hand Israel
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talk about maintaining peace and defending our freedom however, Roosevelt’s speech talked about freedom all over the world and the need to defend it. Whereas Kennedy’s speech talks more about peace, especially between Russia and the U.S. at the time, and how to maintain it through negotiation. SECTION HEADER Roosevelt’s speech the “four freedoms” was during the time that WW2 was happening and most of the people of the U.S. wanted us to be and stay isolated and out of the war, but roosevelt felt that
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Just War theory is a doctrine, also referred to as a tradition, of military ethics studied by theologians, ethicists, policy makers and military leaders. The purpose of the doctrine is to ensure war is morally justifiable through a series of criteria, all of which must be met for a war to be considered just. The criteria are split into two groups: ‘the right to go to war’ and ‘right conduct in war’ . The first concerns the morality of going to war and the second with moral conduct within war. Recently
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gives us an insight on how the five days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 played out inside and out of the British war cabinet. Lukas gives quotes from those during the time such as Churchill, Halifax, and Hitler to get his point across while using examples from the present to relate. Churchill having been appointed Prime Minister merely days before was put into a difficult position with World War II in progress and Hitler moving through Europe. The book details the problems Churchill faces including those
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throughout the world led to the beginning of World War II. In many ways, World War II was a direct result of the turmoil left behind by World War I. The war began in September 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following Germany's invasion of Poland. To fully understand how the war began we must take a look at the various causes. The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I between Germany and the Allied Powers. Because Germany had lost the war, the treaty was very harsh against Germany
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THE AUTHOR SPEAKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING HISTORY The study of history is important for a number of reasons. One of the most important reasons is that it enables us to appreciate the importance of institutions such as democratically elected parliaments, the rule of law, trial by jury, an independent judiciary, and the need to protect them. Another important reason is that history provides us with a frame of reference that enables us to recognise dangers to our society, both from within
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