Is war just the manifestation of the inner conflict that all humans experience?

Answer 1

have you read up on freud?

frued suggested that we have inner conflicts with in our selves, these are known as the Thanatos (death instnct) and Eros (life instinct) frued suggests that we are inconstant conflict with these and it drives us to do things... war could be de a unconcious way of setleing that conflict in my opinion...killing others satisfys our Thanatos instinct, but the belief we are saving the life of others in the process is a way of satisfying our Eros instinct...

my opinion...hope that helps!

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Answer 2

War is waged by humans, therefore is a manifestation of humans. Is war innate to humans and therefore inevitable, empirical evidence would suggest yes, I hope not.

A history of war suggests individuals with war like tendencies have been in power at times when the sociology of their domain is in a war mindset or is in a state where war is a better solution than the status quo. E.G. Hitler's mindset and pre WW2 Germany humiliated and starving to death.
War has been used for other purposes: to deflect a nation's attention from domestic failure, to secure increased economic stability, to further an ideology, revenge or plain self defence.

Animals do not tend to wage war, unless you count hyenas or wolves etc. hunting, but this appears to be an innate form of food production. There are rare cases of territorial conflict among animals, insects and fish and this may be the closest the lower lifeforms come to war e.g. Ant species fighting.

So, it looks like we are hard wired in the brain for war when certain conditions are present.

Answer 3

i think its about being in the position to do the right thing and doing the right thing sometimes comes at a cost and a pretty heavy cost considering the way the western world values human life. i don't think its inner conflict, only history shows whether it was the right thing to go to war or not, and considering the majority of the western world are sitting pretty right now with comfortable yet fraught driven lives are testament to that fact, that wars are necessary.
i genuinely be live that when bush made the decision to go to war with Iraq he did it because he was in a position to do what he thought was the right thing to do. not because of money, oil, whether he had be lived they had WMD or not. if he had not gone in, where would we be now, probably just as we were before the invasion, but if there was a chance that Saddam and his forty thieves were about to drop some dreadful dirty bomb on lets say the east coast of America,don't you think attack is the best form of defence ?as Iraq is now reduced to in house fighting, and not plotting world domination. inner conflict between crazed dictators may bye but not heads of the free world, i don't think anyway

Answer 4

No, not that, not that at all, let alone just that. War is the manifestation of other things altogether. It's a bit of a big one to go into right now, but war is fundamentally about human evolution.

Answer 5

No, because not all involved agree with a particular war. It's not like all of this inner conflict (whatever that is) justs bursts out into a hugely political and economic battle. It is too complicated to be attributed to some psychological concept that doesn't necessarily exist.

Answer 6

War and violence feed one of all humans basic needs for significance. Warmongers and attackers all feel in power, right, superior...significant...when they use vilence to influence others to their opinion. There are plenty other ways to feel significant without violence...making a difference in the world through raising your children, starting a garden, starting a charity organization, talking to a complete stranger about their life or life challenges. Violence is a cowards way of gaining signfigance and usually stems from deep-seeded fear and lack of self-love. Politically, ALL war stems from fear too...

Answer 7

Cor thats a bit of an intense question for this time of night.
Just finished work and chilling out. So is the answer yes good enough for now.

Answer 8

Yes.

I believe that most everything that occurs in the outside
world occurs also in the inside world (inside ourselves).

And that is why I truly believe that there will only be peace
on this planet when everyone is at peace with themselves.

And so I'm starting with myself.

(Good question. Not so good answers imho.)

Answer 9

nope war is faught with guns and people's lives in a place were there must be death to prevent the death of many more

Answer 10

no, i reckon it is an inner need to have an enemy.ie - this world would be at peace if we found some extra-terrestrials to fight with, we wouldn't have to fight with each other.