PEACEST 1A03 Lecture 4: Week 4 Jan. 23 Peacest War Lecture
24 Jan 2018
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Definition: war is a state of organized, open-ended collective conflict or hostility. Forbidden wars under international humanitarian law ( laws of war") Just cause: defensive war (to repeal aggression / protect others) State and internals / wars of a third kind. Armed conflicts: wars of acquisition, military necessity. A poem: say no" to peace, by brian wren. The arming of distant wars: money at ease in its castle. An interesting exchange (1932), league of nations: is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war? . Cause: political and power-hungry composed of individuals, who regard warfare, the manufacture and sale of arms, simply as an occasion to advance their personal interests and enlarge their personal authority". Incomplete: man has a lust for hatred and destruction . Human history is the history of human violence. Wars will only be prevented if manking united in setting up a central authority with the necessary power .
