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War and Peace 2 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Hauerwas- 'Christian non-violence is entailed in the very heart of what it means to worship a crucified God'
      - follows the historical position of early christians
      - clear cut- oppose all forms of violence
      - follows teachings of Jesus, which pacifists see as ignored by Just War Theory
      - promotes the absolute value of human life
    - - a state has a duty to protect its citizens
      - unrealistic
      - denies the right of self defense- Anscombe
      - allows evil to dominate- George Orwell argued that to be a pacifist during Hitler's rule was like condoning Nazism
      - Protestant theologian- Reinhold Niebuhr, claimed the concept of pacifism is naive and that pacifists are guilty of accepting evil instead of fighting against it
      - Anscombe- 'critical pacifist thinking- why should we respect the duty not to kill a terrorist when he/she is guilty of an immoral act- government has a duty to protect with lethal force if necessary'
      - Elie Wiesel (Holocaust Survivor)- "we must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor never the victim"
- - - - supporters of the war claimed that war was justified as their was a just cause
      - O'Donovan showed that there must be an imminent danger in order for self-defence to be used as a just cause
    - - believes intervention would have maintained peace and prevented great loss of life
      - supports in context of when Jesus told Peter to put his sword away