PP230 Lecture 3: Part 2, war, nuclear war...
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Film #2 - countdown to hope: opposing the threat of nuclear war. We begin this section with a general discussion of the topic of war and its relation to the issues of peace and justice. Glossop gives us useful definitions of the terms war, peace and justice. We may agree or disagree with the particular definitions he presents, but his discussions and arguments defending these definitions shed light on the complex issues involved. Thus, glossop tells us: war is large-scale violent conflict between organized groups that are or that aim to establish governments. (p. 7) These are matters that are up for debate. Hobbes thought that war was our natural condition and that anytime no sovereign existed to enforce the laws of civil society, we were in a state of war. Hobbes" notion of war, the international arena would be in a constant condition of war as.
