Ethical and religious perspectives on war and peace

March 24, 2003 1:16 AM

Ethical and religious perspectives on war and peace. While most of the discussions have focused political perspectives of the current conflict, there are quite a few ethical and religious perspectives. A BBC website provides excellent overview of the positions including the various types of pacifism and just war. For more detail there is a nice index site on Anabaptist- Mennonite nonresistance, Leon Trotsky's Marxist critique of pacifism, a secular argument for pacifism, a Christian Primer on Just War, an atheist ethical perspective, and a buddhist perspective.
posted by KirkJobSluder (2 comments total)

Just lay low, keep your head down, and the warlike ones will wipe themselves out....

And the meek shall inherit the earth.
posted by troutfishing at 6:19 AM on March 24, 2003

Thanks for these links, KirkJobSluder, especially the one on the Buddhist perspective.
posted by homunculus at 7:21 PM on March 25, 2003