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    life. Star Wars was written and produced by George Lucas. His original story was based on the writing of Joseph Campell who was a scholar of myths and legends. George Lucas also based his ideas off of Jung’s Archetype Theory. This theory is that our personalities fit into one of many different types‚ each based on a collective unconscious. His story follows a classic heroic arc. Star Wars was the first serious science fiction film created and also one six Oscars. In the movie Stars Wars by George

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    pacifism‚ realism‚ and just war theory are way to interpret problem solving for war. Just war theory has shared characteristics of realism relating to war being apart of our lives‚ and the pacifist motives to not going to war but differing because there are some reasons to go to war. Just war theory allows war to have morals. This leads to limitations on the amounts of wars that would happen if realism was the main approach and pacifism having unrealistic expectations of no war. Realism approaches international

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    JUST WAR THEORY | September 132011 | This project is based on the chapter of structures and processes of war under which the ‘Just War Theory’ is analyzed in reference to the US military intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks in US. | America’s Just War Theory | RESEARCH METHODOLOGY CASE STUDY Study is made on the US military attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan in post 9/11 era. Nature of study is qualitative and library based. SCOPE The study of the project is limited

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    Albert Einstein once said‚ “You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.” Although Einstein is considered one of the greatest thinkers in history‚ he was surely not an ethicist. Regardless‚ his statement of pacifism‚ should not be taken lightly. In passages such as “Pacifism” by Douglas P Lackey pacifism and it many forms are defined and justified as valid moral theories . Initially pacifists such as Albert Schewerzer considered it wrong to kill and this was their central concept ‚ over

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    Today‚ war is very much seen as an ever-present‚ necessary evil in society. Although there are some more supportive of war than others‚ there are very few individuals who would openly advocate for the need for war. One of the most important reasons for this is the loss of life war causes. This loss of life can refer to anything from the traditional idea of dying on the front lines to the disease and displacement that can arise from devastated war zones. Since states have considerably more control

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    The English term ‘war’ is an adaptation of the old German word ‘werran’‚ which means “to confuse or to cause confusion” (Mark). Wars have been around in the world ever since the time of ancient Mesopotamia around the time of 2300 BCE. In general‚ war is used to solve conflicts between two or more nations through the format of military battles. There are many people who oppose the use of war to solve conflicts‚ arguing that there are less violent ways to solve conflicts between nations. That being

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    To what extent did the domino theory exacerbate the cold war? Jordan Heiman December 19‚ 2014 Podell Word Count: 1807 Plan of Investigation This investigation will evaluate the question‚ “to what extent did the domino theory exacerbate the cold war?” To further determine the degree that the domino theory heightened the cold war‚ the following sources will be evaluated; JSTOR‚ EbscoHost‚ and Google Scholar. The investigation will revolve around a large range of time‚ the 1950’s

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    The Just War Theory is obsolete in light of nuclear weaponry The just war theory is concerned with ethically justifying war with acceptable warfare techniques (Moseley‚ 2009). It can be argued that in light of modern day nuclear power‚ the just war theory is obsolete. The central claim of this paper is that this notion is true; war is immoral and cannot be justified. To defend this claim‚ this paper will be taking a deontological approach and present counter arguments in favour of utilitarianism

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    Just war theory Just War theory demands that for war to be justified a state must fulfil each of the following 6 requirements: (1) Just cause‚ (2) Legitimate Authority‚ (3) Right intention‚ (4) Likelihood of Success‚ (5) Proportionality and (6) Last resort. Just war theory was developed by theologians Augustine and Aquinas. This will be further discussed in the essay. In addition to this these 6 requirements can be categorised in 3 parts – Jus ad bellum‚ Jus in bello and Jus post bellum The

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    which out REF ; martin 1992‚3 NOAM CHOMSKY Chomsky Linguistic Theory  Structure of language   formalism concentrates on the set of rules a language has (competence)‚ and not on the usage of this set when producing phrases (performance)  Moreover‚ humans are supposed to be genetically predetermined to learn language because of the language acquisition device REF ; http://www.chomsky.info/ FUNCTIONALISTFunctionalist maintain that the communicative situation motivates constrain or otherwise

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