Just War Theory & Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez
1. He was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma, AZ.
2. His family lost their farm due to the Great Depression when he was young, and for years he worked as a migrant farm worker.
3. He only attended school through the eighth grade, and had no formal education beyond that.
4. He joined the US Navy in 1946, and served in the Western Pacific in the years after WWII.
5. When he came home, he married Helen Fabela.
6. His philanthropic activity began in 1952 when he joined the Community Service Organization, a civil rights organization for Latino people.
7. In 1962 he resigned in order to found the National Farm Workers Association (now known as the United Farm Workers of America).
8. He embraced the nonviolent principles of Ghandi and MLK, and in 1968 and 1972, he fasted for 25 days to highlight the struggle of farm workers.
9. The union was able to pass the 1975 California Agricultural Labor Relations Act.
10. In 1988, he fasted for 36 days at the age of 61 for a "Fast for Life" to draw attention to the use of pesticides and their harmful effects on workers.
Topic Research 4b: The Just War Theory
1. A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success. Deaths and injury incurred in a hopeless cause are not morally justifiable.
2. The violence used in the war must be proportional to the injury suffered.
3. States are prohibited from using force not necessary to attain the limited objective of addressing the injury suffered.
4. The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace.
5. The peace established after the war must be preferable to the peace that would have prevailed if the war had not been fought.
6. The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants.
7. A just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified.
8. A war is just only if it is waged by a legitimate authority.
9. A just war can only be
1. He was born March 31, 1927 in Yuma, AZ.
2. His family lost their farm due to the Great Depression when he was young, and for years he worked as a migrant farm worker.
3. He only attended school through the eighth grade, and had no formal education beyond that.
4. He joined the US Navy in 1946, and served in the Western Pacific in the years after WWII.
5. When he came home, he married Helen Fabela.
6. His philanthropic activity began in 1952 when he joined the Community Service Organization, a civil rights organization for Latino people.
7. In 1962 he resigned in order to found the National Farm Workers Association (now known as the United Farm Workers of America).
8. He embraced the nonviolent principles of Ghandi and MLK, and in 1968 and 1972, he fasted for 25 days to highlight the struggle of farm workers.
9. The union was able to pass the 1975 California Agricultural Labor Relations Act.
10. In 1988, he fasted for 36 days at the age of 61 for a "Fast for Life" to draw attention to the use of pesticides and their harmful effects on workers.
Topic Research 4b: The Just War Theory
1. A war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success. Deaths and injury incurred in a hopeless cause are not morally justifiable.
2. The violence used in the war must be proportional to the injury suffered.
3. States are prohibited from using force not necessary to attain the limited objective of addressing the injury suffered.
4. The ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace.
5. The peace established after the war must be preferable to the peace that would have prevailed if the war had not been fought.
6. The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants.
7. A just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified.
8. A war is just only if it is waged by a legitimate authority.
9. A just war can only be