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    The fall democracy in ancient Greece started as an external aggression, in Athens people used to vote against their democratic constitution. Another of the reasons of the fallen democracy in Greece were because of Plato and Aristotle and it was because this two great philosophers used their works to discredit the Periclean democratically practices. The end of the war between the Persians and the Greeks marked the easement into the Classical period. Greece then became a part of the Roman Empire, this

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    The genocide route vs The Pacifist Route Long ago, two races ruled over the earth, Humans, and Monsters. One day war broke out between the two races, the humans were victorious, the monsters were sealed into the underground by the humans with powerful magic spells below Mt. Ebott. In the game Undertale, you are playing as a small child named ‘Frisk’ and is trying to get through the underground in two ways by killing all the monsters or Sparing all the monsters and bringing them to the surface

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    idea of going to war is not always the answer; it might have to be if all other options have failed. The pacifist believes that acts of violence are never justified, or are they? According to our text there are in fact two types of pacifists. Those who feel that violence is never the answer and those who feel that violence can be justified. On pacifism, Lackey (2014) explained that some pacifists are willing to resort to violence in certain acceptable situations. Those situations are vague but a few

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    Pacifism

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    Sister Chi Mai choose to step out the dichotomous understanding of nonviolent pacifism versus violence. Instead, she (re)engaged with notions of pacifism, violence, suffering, and compassion to reimagine violent pacifism within a modern society. Pacifist actions within a Buddhist setting can, and do, take on violent means in order to promote peace and compassion for all life. Pacifism does not inherently exclude all types of violent action. Sister Chi Mai , as well as many others, engaged with

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    than talking to settle. Some conflicts on a global scale can lead to war, and others can be negotiated using peace. If you believe in only peace then you are a pacifist. Today’s society has war and peace as a solution to conflict but it is in everyones beliefs and values that will help them to form their own opinion on weather they are a pacifist or they believe in only war or bits of both, it is different for everyone . P1-war War is a large scaled, deadly, serious and emotional battle of conflict

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    Amish Anabaptists

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    were believer of the adult baptism and also pacifist and did not identify themselves as either catholic or protestant. During the 16th century it was very well known that if you were not part of the common church and chose your own version of religion, then you are a

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    tone throughout the poem. Although on the surface the speaker may appear to be simply insane, she is more than likely a regular everyday person. Keeping this central idea in mind, statements made by the speaker as she describes herself as a “lapsed pacifist”(Kumin line 15) begin to

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    Is the War on Terror ethical? Since the establishments of governments, since human societies had kings and queens, since governments were ran under a religious doctrine, there has always been conflict among different groups of people. There will always be differences among people of different cultures, religions, race and ethnicity. There has always been a division of power between people and inequality in the world. There was a point in human history that slaves were bought and sold as property

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    you pick up a gun and fight back or would you stand by and let your family be killed? Another big point is that Just Wars are allowed because God is just and he commanded wars. How can you stand against this when God strictly says to go wage war. Pacifists believe that we are supposed to put down the sword and be non-violent Christians instead of ones that fight others to protect are country. Also what does that mean for soldiers in the military? Does that mean they will be sent to hell because they

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    traumatized and pacifist individual, Vonnegut portrays his message about the everlasting effects on veterans. Vonnegut is trying to spread the anti-war message through Billy. From the beginning of the book, the author makes it clear to the reader that the book will be anti-war. Billy goes to speak to a movie star about his book and, “he raised his eyebrows and inquired, ‘is it an anti-war book?’ ‘yes’, I said. ‘I guess’” (6). Vonnegut was very straightforward about Billy being a pacifist that he directly

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