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Pacifism

Pacifism. LO: I will know the reasons for and against Pacifism Hmk: Remember to revise for the assessment on Applied Ethics for next lesson. Revise the Four ethical theories, plus the work done on Abortion, Right to a Child and Euthanasia. Recap…. Define ‘war’. 3 arguments in favour of war

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Pacifism

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  1. Pacifism LO: I will know the reasons for and against Pacifism Hmk: Remember to revise for the assessment on Applied Ethics for next lesson. Revise the Four ethical theories, plus the work done on Abortion, Right to a Child and Euthanasia.

  2. Recap…. • Define ‘war’. • 3 arguments in favour of war • 3 arguments against war

  3. What is pacifism? The rejection of all forms of war & violence. • Based on the reading which you did for homework, explain the following: • Absolute Pacifism • Religious Pacifism • Contingent Pacifism • Preferential Pacifism

  4. After the great war … • An interesting point. Can you get it? • http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/after-the-great-war/7614.html

  5. For Encourages peaceful means. Innocent lives are not lost so it respects the Sanctity of Life. Encourages dialogue. A firm, clear, concrete approach. For Christians, it closely follows Jesus’ teachings Against It removes the right of self-defence What happens if all methods have been tried & war is the only option for protecting the innocent? War often leads to a peaceful solution. Pacifism could allow evil to flourish Pacifism – For and against

  6. For Debate ‘Violence is evil. There are no two ways about it!’

  7. C S Lewis on ‘turn the other cheek’ • ‘Insofar as the only relevant factors in the case are an injury to me by my neighbour and a desire on my part to retaliate, then I hold that Christianity commands the absolute mortification of that desire. No quarter whatever is given to the voice within us which says, “He’s done it to me, so I’ll do the same to him.” But the moment you introduce other factors, of course, the problem is altered … Your duties may be very different, different because [there] may be then other motives than egoistic retaliation for hitting back. Indeed, as the audience were private people in a disarmed nation, it seems unlikely that they would have ever supposed our Lord [Jesus] to be referring to war. War was not what they would have been thinking of. The frictions of daily life among villagers were more likely to be on their minds.’

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