iS WAR JUSTIFABLE?

Question

THIS is for tommorow!! i NEED A PHILOSOPHERS NAME(OTHER THAN GHANDI) that discussed or researched this issue!! PLZ HELP..I WILL GIVE 10 POINTS

Answer 1

Ever heard that Johnny Cash song, "Don't take your guns to town"?

Something for those who make decisions for us to remember.

Answer 2

Never….History of the mankind, time and again, reveals that no issue has ever been settled on the strength of swords and guns. The crusaders might have gained success on their might, but it proved their victories were short lived and all they got afterwards only after following the path of peace renouncing their ammunitions. It happens simply because no sane society would wish to go on the war-footage and those who did, their actions proved futile in the process. So, in philosophical thinking (as you wish), the advancement of the man has been chalked out on such styles that it is but necessary for human being to think living without thinking even the spelling of war.

Yes, indeed, Gandhi (not Ghandi) enlightened the world how to win the “war” on the strength of peace and non-violence. He was impressed by the philosophy of many masters in this field. If you wish, try to study Henry Thorough, Emerson, Socrates, Martin Luther King Jr., ….and there are many to study, depending upon your desire.

Answer 3

Try Carl von Clausewitz: "A conquerer is always a lover of peace," and "War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means." If you're looking for more tactical observations, try Sun Tzu, the Art of War.

Answer 4

oh, difficult one; well, yes and no.
war means killing and killing is wrong, according to western standards (and me being western, i agree with them). not just western by the way, plenty of other religions do not believe in war either.
buddah was against any kind of violence, so according to buddah (whom we can also count among philosophers) war is NOT justifiable.
i think it depends on how you look at it; what is tha goal adn what is the end result and how "dirty" was the war to get to that end result. there are so many different angles to war.
the only name i can come up with right now is buddah's, i can't remember what famous philosophers like aristotle or socrates or nietsche had to say about it.

Answer 5

In general, I would say that, "yes, war can sometimes be justified." For example, if military action is used in order to defend a sovereign nation from attack or to prevent even greater bloodshed, or to replace an oppressive regime with one that represents the true will of the people, then I believe it has its place.

Here is a Wiki link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_war

Good luck

Answer 6

Look up Nietzche (i think that's how you spell it). He is a German philosopher from the late 19th. Century and apparently is the person that inspired Hitler to write Mein Kampf.

Answer 7

A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war.

- Albert Einstein

Never has there been a good war or a bad peace

- Benjamin Franklin

Answer 8

well .... if you did not attack Iraq then you would soon be having a country which was the second richest in the world, not behaving like a US puppy ( like Saudi Arabia )

in fact it would have a dangerous mind of its own, using its vast recources of petro dollars to export Islamic terrorism, attack other countries, blackmail the world on Oil and start a new fanatical dictator led world order .

sometimes wars are needed to prevent bigger wars in the future

Answer 9

What about the founding fathers? That war was justifiable for sure.

Answer 10

wow I just answered a question and gave a Johnny Cash answer,WEIRD!! you need to read some Lao Tsu, thats the master, you will be changed