While some believe that unrestricted warfare is the most efficient and successful way to fight a war, it in fact creates more harm than good. As an example, events that took place during World War II (WWII) may be taken into consideration. WWII was fought with certain restrictions and principles in place. Did this stop all war crimes? No, it did not. However, what it did do was make those few war crimes that were committed, followed up by punishments, which people could eventually learn from. If such a system with rules and punishments were not established, the crime rate would be higher, and there would be no follow-up punishments to teach people that what they did was wrong. From such reasons and many more, it has been made clear that not all actions are permissible and justified during times of war, because there will be countless ‘crimes against humanity’ committed by dishonorable means- and done so without any consequences succeeding.
Firstly, a war without boundaries will cause cruel actions to be performed and innocent lives taken. As an example, take in mind the devastations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These were two Japanese cities
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In fact, the actions would be considered totally normal, even though they are clearly not. A good example of how war crimes should be handled is the Nuremburg Trials. These were war crime trials of Nazi leaders and other war criminals in Nuremburg, Germany (Dallek 304). The trials punished war criminals for the unacceptable actions during war, teaching people a good lesson about right and wrong, and demonstrating what the consequences are for unjustified actions. Without these reprimands, the world might never truly learn the difference between good and
Throughout history, war has always been described as an atrocity and an unnecessary reason for the loss of life. This is not the case. War is necessary for the survival of the economy, the sustainability of non-renewable resources, and the progression of inventions.
How can a war be truly just? Even if the war begins with good intention, innocent people can be harmed or killed and their property and land destroyed. Many people feel that all violence is wrong while there are many who accept war as the only option in a particular circumstance. For example, many people who joined the First Crusade felt as though they were doing the right thing. After all, Jerusalem was the home of Jesus, so Christians felt the fight was justified.
JRP World War II Essay World War II was a pivotal point in America, as it boosted its economy as well as it establishes the ideas of The United States“role”in the world. The United State’s involvement in World War II was justified because of all the wars that America had participated in, World War II led United States to Global power, as well as setting a stone for a rise in America’s economy. World War II was justified because of the Boost in United State’s Economy, the rise of Nazism in Europe, and the necessity for the United States to support its allies overseas. The lasting implications of this war are the establishment of the United States’ global role, as well as the creation of NATO and the economic growth and relationship that America formed with the other countries involved and laying the path for the Cold War Era. The benefits for joining WWII for the United States would be beneficial, due to the fact that the United States had a second industrial revolution prior to WWII.
St. Augustine provided comments on morality of war from the Christian point of view (railing against the love of violence that war can engender) as did several critics in the intellectual flourishing from the 9th to 12th centuries. Just war theorists remind warriors and politicians alike that the principles of justice following war should be universalizable and morally ordered and that winning should not provide a license for imposing unduly harsh or punitive measures or that state or commercial interests should not dictate the form of new peace. “The attraction for jus post bellum thinkers is to return to the initial justice of the war”. This means that war is considered as self-defense.
War is generally characterized by extreme aggression, destruction and mortality. Although killing in war isn't strange, the killings of innocent civilians, however is unjustified by the War Crimes Act. A war crime is defined as "any grave breach of the Geneva Convention". War crimes are unjustified by military necessity, and killing civilians is one of them. The legitimate question is who should be held responsible, morally or legally for the acts they commit throughout war time. Officials should be held responsible for crimes committed during wartime, yet the ones delivering those orders should not suffer the consequences.
It is believed by many that World War II was between the Allies and the Axis. The Axis, using advanced technology and tactics, was close to conquering the world, and the attack on Pearl Harbor was a pretty shocking surprise. However, there is plenty of convincing evidence that all three of these ideas are wrong, and consequently, that America should not have gotten involved in this horrific disaster.
The conflict of war and its effects have been debated throughout history. Some argue that there are other peaceful alternatives besides war that would lead to a better outcome, but in reality this is not the case. War is a natural part of human interactions, and even though it brings death and destruction, war will not cease to exist. Wars are the human way of getting one group to look superior than the other. The idea of a passive approach is ideal, but it is almost nearly impossible and may not always lead to the same outcome as if a war had taken place.
The events leading up to and starting World War One were morally wrong. Firstly, the arms race and the division between the Entente and the Central Powers made war not only unavoidable, but hoped for. The last straw was the assassination of the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne, Franz Ferdinand; and the two powers, each waiting for an excuse to finally begin a war started a global conflict. This is a violation of the second criteria for CCC 2309, there had been little use of diplomacy before the two powers jumped to all out war. When the war finally started, the enormous arsenal of weapons that the two sides built up made the war long-lasting and extremely violent. This war also violates the fourth criteria of CCC 2309 with the
Some people think war is justified because; it is in order to counter terrorism. I think they're wrong because rather than war being the only solution my opinion is that war is the worse way to handle a conflict. I agree, that sometimes we are forced to do things we might not want to do, for example after the terrorist attack of September 11, it became
On 6 August 1945, a B-29 Superfortress flew over the islands of Japan and unleashed the devastating power of the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Was the United States justified in dropping the bomb? This depends largely on your point of view. I believe that the U.S. was justified in dropping the nuclear bombs for three main reasons. The first was the unprovoked viscous attack on Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor which had taken place three and a half years before Hiroshima was bombed had taken the lives of countless innocent soldiers with innocent civilians, including women, and children also perishing. The United States had not been involved in the war as
The comprehension of the term ‘total war’ has had great significance towards the understanding as to how wars are fought, affect society and differ from other conflicts. The main issue that arises is conclusively defining total war and is continually differing between both historians and military combatants alike. Roger Chickering defines states “total war is distinguished by its intensity and extent. Theatres of operation span the globe; the scale of the battle is practically limitless” all the while adding “total war requires the mobilisation not only of armed forced but also of whole populations” This definition, while not quintessential is a good starting point for a definition due to its broadness and acceptance of the idea of the incapability to fully mobilise a society’s entire resource. David A. Bell states that it is often defined as ‘a war involving the complete mobilization of a society’s resources to achieve the absolute destruction of an enemy, with all distinction erased between combatants and non-combatants’ . However, he notes the limitations of such an idea including the inability for societies to meet such criterion, in particular, the ability for a society to completely utilise its resources towards the war effort. Ultimately, Jeremey black, while not giving a conclusive definition for the term, total war, does acknowledge different definitions by various individuals distilling many of their arguments and consequently outlining main characteristics of
War must be waged in accordance with the purpose of establishing justice, expressing the “right intention”.
If a country decides to go to war, how would you stop them? If you used force to stop them from going to war, you would be breaking your own law. If you make war inhumane, and outlaw it you would also prohibit yourself from defending yourself. There will always be war. There will always be greed, and there will always be more reasons one country finds to attack another and more often than not a smaller one at that, but still there will always be war. Banning war would be like saying you should have doors on your house because they’re made of wood. That would ultimately invite crime to your house in some form or another, while at the same time leaving you little option in stopping it when it came. You don’t have to start a war to be pulled into it and any involvement would lead or contribute to inhumane things. If Germany would have invaded Switzerland and they decided to fight back, it would take Germany way longer to take over, delaying the victory most predicted and extending the time civilians could be hurt or killed by fighting. While, if they would have chose to roll over and given up, they’d end up like France, who still suffered, even after giving up. So either way, they would have suffered and had inhumane things done. War is inhumane, but there is no way to outlaw it. If one person kills another, revenge will be sought and so on and so forth. It is a part of
There is one problem however for consequentalists as to whether war could cause more suffering that solving the problem. Utilitarian defenders then say that some of these wars increased pain and suffering. If people will go against wars then, happiness will be the ultimate result. In this theory, killing is justified if it will eventually give happiness in the end. An individual can act the way he wants but should be careful not to
Wars in our history have told human beings of the atrocities and horror our predecessors have committed and faced. The moral question at hand of killing of innocent civilian during war have been long debated by the people whether it was right to end the lives of people who are not involved in the war in order to stop the greater numbers of casualties that would have come without it as well to punish the enemies for their evil. Though these casualties during war already been done, and nothing can be done about it, does not mean that we can’t do anything to prevent it from happening again, human beings have to learn from the mistakes of our past to not let it ever happen again.