Comments on: Ethical and religious perspectives on war and peace

Ethical and religious perspectives on war and peace

KirkJobSluder — Mon, 24 Mar 2003 01:16:48 -0800

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.

troutfishing — Mon, 24 Mar 2003 06:19:09 -0800

Just lay low, keep your head down, and the warlike ones will wipe themselves out.... And the meek shall inherit the earth.

homunculus — Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:21:42 -0800

Thanks for these links, KirkJobSluder, especially the one on the Buddhist perspective.