PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bertrand Russell, Methodism, No-Conscription Fellowship
30 Jan 2017
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They were trying to appeal to the large audiences. Norman angell: english economist and philosopher, wants a peaceful transition from not going to war, he objected to the cost of war: people and economy as well. The economies of europe are so linked together that if one is hurt, the others are going to be affected too: doesn"t care about the number of capitalists. People"s instincts are valuable and they could be changed by institutions and etc. He took peace and explained it through psychology. Paci sts and conscientious objectors in canada: j. s. Wordsworth a methodist preacher who was against war. Sees economic competition as the real reason for ghting. Popular culture: the us wasn"t involved in the war until 1917, in 1915 there is a song that appears i didn"t raise my son to be a soldier by morton harvey.
