Pacifism

evolving themselves. For the duration of her life, Dorothy Day was a pioneer to the state, and a promoter for poor people. Dorothy Day was born on November 8, 1897, in New York City. Day was a radical her opportunity, working for such social causes as pacifism and ladies' suffrage. She

The Mexican government’s past pacifism has enabled cartel strongholds throughout the nation. With agreements between the Mexican cartels and the PRI ruling political party, extreme violence was considered under control, in the 1970s through the 1990s (Madrid 2013, 100). However, in a 2015 Congressional Research Service (CSR) report addressing crime and drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, the document reveals Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO) are not a new trend, and in fact have been around

the philosophical theories regarding non-violence before examining the contextual aspects that determine how effective non-violence is in comparison to violence. The Philosophy of Nonviolence The central concept within the philosophical theory of pacifism is that nonviolence is the most effective at bringing about lasting political peace. While theories of nonviolence are generally applied to instances of warfare or political resistance, the philosophy itself tends to stem from deep moral convictions

Confucianism does not explicitly encourage war given its emphasis on humanity. This combination of moral vision and political realism combined with his advocacy of strong political authorities that nevertheless rule justly in service of the common good. Xunzi’s vision of the good society and how it fits into a multi-state world which undergirds his critique of alternate discourses about war and the government. Xunzian’s vision of politics and war as a source for contemporary Confucian theory of civilian

Holy War. When people fight a Holy War they believe that they have God on their side. An example of a Holy War is the Crusade. This was between the Christians and the Muslims fighting for the Holy Land-Palestine. This is different from Pacifism as this type of Christian believes that a certain type of war is acceptable- although it is the last resort. Another type of war that some Christians find acceptable is a Just war. There are seven criteria that a war must pass

Following the seemingly successful 1950s Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott, a protest for segregation where African Americans under the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) refused to ride Alabama buses, ended after 381 days when the Supreme Court ordered Alabama to integrate its bus systems, the state figuratively dragged its heels in changing its transit. In fact, ten years later when the Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional nationwide yet southern

Few events in history capture the attention of scholars and the general populace alike more than revolutionary contentious politics. Revolts and social movements have for centuries brought about the most radical of changes to the political order of societies, at times even engulfing entire regions of the world in a contagious, fevered upheaval. Revolutionaries have fought not only against political systems and institutions such as aristocratic and colonial rule; they have also fought for their beliefs

While reading “The Raid” by Leo Tolstoy, one is instantly struck by the strong contrast between the peaceful nature scenes and the violent battle scenes. One minute the sounds of crickets and frogs are charmingly echoing through the night, and the next you can hear the “clang of a heavy gun” and the “sound of bayonets touching one another” (Tolstoy 20). In one scene, the generals and majors stand watching the gory battle below, yet they continue to discuss the beautiful nature around them as if nothing

In 1906, a young Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi, carried out his earliest deed of Satyagraha—a doctrine to practice passive or nonviolent resistance. He was successful in standing up against the Transvaal province’s government in the Republic of South Africa. It was only two years later when Gandhi gained access to a letter written by the renowned Russian author, Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy to the editor of the Free Hindustan newspaper in South Africa. In this letter, referred to as Letter to a Hindu

“There is no such thing as defeat in nonviolence” (“Cesar Chavez Quotes,” 2017.) This quote by nonviolent labor activist Cesar Chavez characterizes one of the many practical arguments for nonviolence: the success rate of nonviolent activism, which has been found to be significantly higher than for violent efforts, and that nonviolent movements that fail lead to a higher rate of success in the future. Although many countries and groups still choose violent methods, numerous studies and examples have