Is war apart of nature?

Question

Is war apart of nature? Even to the earliear of days even to animals/insects fighting in packs/groups.Considering the man-made tools to fight in war such as ancient civilizations fighting with swords,bows/arrows. Just because the human technology has advanced dramatically with firearms,nuclear weapons,etc. Is war apart of nature?


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Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes, war is apart of nature. We have been fighting each other since the beginning of time. The only thing that has changed is the technology has gotten better. And for you people that said we are the only species on earth that go to war or kill each other, I hate to say it but your wrong. Colonies of ants go to war and kill each other allot more than we do, of course there's alto more of them than use. Most animals that live in pack will kill to defend there pack from other packs of animals. They're defending their territory and resources (so to speak) just like when we go to war. I've seen videos of monkey that chase down and tear limb from limb another monkey that enters the territory of other monkeys. If you watch any shows on animal planet or any other similar channel, you will see examples of groups of animals defending their territory from other groups of the same species. A good example that is on every Friday I think at 9pm on Animal Planet is Muir Cat Manor. Its about a group of 30 or Muir cats (like Timon from the Lion King) that were filmed and studied over a ten year period. They've showed a couple times where the group that was studied get into fights with a rival family over territory. None of the Muir cats got killed in the fights that they showed, but it does happen. Muir cats also don't have the technology (or imposable thumbs to carry a weapon) like we do. If they did then the territory battles would be just as bloody as ours.

Having said all that, there is also the fact that we are allot more intelligent than probably 100% of the other animals on the planet. We have the ability to solve things in a much more peaceful manner. Unfortunately, this does not happen. We will always have wars. At least in the lifetime of everyone on earth right now. We are a long way from getting rid of war. The only thing we can hope for is that we can minimize the amount of time we spend at war.

Answer 2

Mmmm a very old question but a good one never the less. This has been the focus of many scientific studies around the world and the result was the 'Seville Statement'. It concluded five things:

1) Humans have not attained war from animal ancestors. Animals do not kill each other, as humans do, in a systematic way. Animals kill to eat.

2) We haven't inherited war from our forebears. Some societies have no tradition of warfare at all - such as the inuit in Canada. Other societies have changed over time - eg the Vikings in Sweden.

3) War is not necessary to ensure a better standard of living. Humans can gain more from cooperation. Eg, in the first fifty years of the nuclear era, the US spent AU$5.6 trillion on the nuclear arms race, which is more than the value of outstanding mortgage loans on every building in the US and could easily refund the reconstruction of every school in the US. It's clear that the Us could easily have achieved a great deal by not devoting so much money to the arms race.

4) War is not the product of the biological composition of the brain. Humans need to be trained for war, and the pacifist tradition suggests that some humans find such training contrary to to their own inclinations. The fact that warfare has changed so radically over time indicates that it is a product of culture. Human biology makes warfare POSSIBLE but not INEVITABLE.

5) War is not caused by some basic instinct or any other single motivation. Modern war involves the institutional use of personal characteristics such as obidience, suggestability and idealism; social skills such as language and rational considerations such as cost calculations, planning and information processing.

Overall, the statement concluded:

'Biology does not condemn humanity to violence and war. Instead, it is possible to end war and the suffering it causes. To do this will require everyone working together, but it must begin in the mind of each person with the belief that is it possible. The same human being who has made war is capable of CONSTRUCTING PEACE. Each of us has a task to do'.

Answer 3

Should we trace back to human civilization & nations' transition, we would say it's correct to say war is a part of nature. However, there were a lot motives & missions to those wars. So, if one can study throughly those causes, it might suprise us because most of those causes that could lead to military or physical aggression are no longer relevant to these modern days. Greedy and confusion are the best platform to modern war. Therefore, it's not part of nature. Nations and people always have choices to avoid wars. It's more like one or two individuals / party who initiated these wars, eventhough they knew it's not necessary and it's the worst solution. Sane human don't go for war!!

Answer 4

War is simply negotiation brought to the next level. Nobody salivates at the thought of war, but it is the only way to resolve conflicts sometimes. The guys and gals who say things like "make peace not war" are flawed in their judgement. Ask yourself these questions. 1. What conflicts have ever been solved by peace talks alone, with no involvement from warriors? 2. What conflicts have been solved with the use of force? Answer these questions honestly, and I believe my point will become clear. War is a part of the human experience, like it or not.

Answer 5

Of course. Peace is simply the period between wars when no resources are in question.

Until we have unlimited space (easy space travel) and unlimited resources (matter transmutation), we will always have wars as people come into conflict over limited resources. Unavoidable save when one of the groups has a suicidal ethic that makes them refuse to fight. The U.S.A. came awfully close to just that recently, but came out of their dive with only a few seditious people to deal with.

Answer 6

Yeah I believe it is apart of are human nature. That is what has decided nations, country's, unions and governments. No as for animals I think there are some similarity's but man will always be superior.

Answer 7

nature is the result of an ongoing battle to survive. that which we see in front of us today are the survivors of billions of years of forces going against them. humans are just beings which have had a number of forced changes applied to them which have affected our evolution. our evolution involved manipulation of our surroundings. then it became doing it the best. then the most powerful. war is a part of our nature. but our way of war is destructive to nature itself. hence, we were meant to destroy ourselves and nature. basically, that is what happens with a life form like ours. we are too destructive for our own good. we are going to kill ourselves. too evolved for our own good.

Answer 8

you'll see in this excerpt from the webpages of the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (thanks Cassandra) that Hitler acted hostile to socialists. He became no socialist. How lengthy will the idiots save this one up? "In April 1933, Hitler surpassed between the earliest antisemitic rules, purging Jewish and also Socialist judges, attorneys, and different court docket officials from their professions." it is from somebody else who can imagine: "If the Nazis were element of the socialist left, why were a number of their earliest political movements to attack (and at last ban) the communist and socialist activities? If the Nazis were element of the socialist left, why were their significant backers all tremendous landowners, industrialists, and capitalists? If the Nazis were element of the socialist left, why did they ban commerce unions and strikes? If the Nazis were element of the socialist left, why did Hitler devise genuinely no socialist courses? "

Answer 9

no....war is human made...

Answer 10

sadly yeah.