PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Christian Pacifism, Clean Hands, Rule Utilitarianism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Peace Studies
• Course: PEACEST 1A03
• Professor: Jorge Luis Fabra- Zamora

Document Summary

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. albert einstein. Pacifism is a commitment to peace and opposition to war: pacific, in latin, peace making, non-violence is not equal to pacifism. There is no single form of pacifism. It is a spectrum: absolute non-violence ---------- minimal (contingent) anti-warism, many kinds of pacifism, some believe violence should never be used, sometimes it should be (ex. Personal pacifism: some use violence, but not others. What kind of pacifist are you: if you think war is bad. Deontology: an act according to your moral duties, religious codes offer moral duty = no exceptions, kant, ex. Does not cheat because it is a moral duty not to, even though no one will find out: concerns: War does not have goal, just to kill people to take control of others, therefore it is evil and wrong.