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Pacifism (Religious Pacifism (Jesus taught that we must love our enemies,…
Pacifism
Religious Pacifism
Jesus taught that we must love our enemies, do good to those who hate us and “Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5.9)
Quakers, the Mennonites, and the Amish are peace churches follow this
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they arent against state driven forces, as they believe that it should be able to protect itself but they will not serve for them
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Martin Luther King used forceful language, non-violent resistance, strikes, peaceful protest and civil disobedience
Thomas Merton- win their minds, not destroy their bodies
Walter Wink
says that Christians should be non-violent pacifists who resist evil, but reject any idea of just war
Preferential Pacifism
Pope John Paul VI wrote: “To struggle against injustice is to promote the common good. Peace is not just the absence of war.”
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pacifist Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who, in spite of his pacifist stance, took part in a failed assassination plot against Hitler
pacifism is about how to live life, but sometimes it is either impossible or immoral to maintain a pacifist stance
Absolute pacifism
It is never right to kill, no matter what the consequences of not doing so might be, even loss of life
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weaknesses
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Main Point: Allows evil to dominate – George Orwell (1903-1950) argued that to be a pacifist during Hitler’s rule was like condoning Nazism
Contingent Pacifism
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believed the Second World War was a necessary evil to rid the world of Hitler and fascism. This is basically a utilitarian view: it is bad consequences that make war and violence wrong
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it is the belief that any use of violence is wrong, including any act of war