Treatment of Revolutionary War POW’s U.S. 1 Treatment of Prisoners of War in the American Revolution The treatment of POW’s has always been a very heated topic all throughout history. It first started with the many wars fought between ancient civilizations. With them many prisoners were sold into slavery‚ from there it progressed to medieval times‚ and then onto the revolutionary war. In this paper I will address three main topics for both sides‚ they will be the treatment of prisoners when
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Just War PHI 208 Dr. David Tredinnick May 5‚ 2014 Just War War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is characterized by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread-armed conflict between political communities‚ and‚ therefore‚ is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a
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much from a British perspective‚ having grown up in post-war England but he analyses the attitude of Bomber Command to "area bombing" in Europe as against tactical bombing by the US 8th Air Force and the fire-bombing of Tokyo and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The pacifists amongst you will be sad to learn that he starts from the premise that the war‚ on the part of the allies‚ was a just war and that just war is permissible [pp 210-4] but comes to the conclusion that
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Just War Thousands of years ago‚ before motor vehicles‚ before long distance travel‚ before Christianity itself‚ scholars and philosophers were debating a question which is still on the forefront of many minds today: Is war ever just? By the 4th century‚ St. Augustine‚ also known as Augustine of Hippo‚ had developed a set of criteria regarding when it was justified to go to war (Patterson). These criteria are still widely used today‚ although debated by many‚ especially with the recent use of drones
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Can war ever be justified? War is an inevitable part of the history of humankind. Unlike natural happenings‚ war is an action of people inflicted of other people. This issue has raised ethical problems‚ which are still problematic till today. War is by common sense evil‚ but can it ever be less evil? There are a number of varying options when discussing the issue of a ‘justifiable war’. Some people argue that war is always justifiable while others argue that it can never be. Some maintain that
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Compared to the early 20th century‚ the wars of today are vastly different. The reasons for fighting‚ the styles of fighting‚ and who is fighting are all very different. However‚ in an age that is far removed from the past‚ a few things regarding war have remained the unchanged. One of the ideas that has remained unchanged in a time that is every changing‚ are the rules of war‚ as described by Michael Walzer in his book‚ Just and Unjust Wars. Naturally‚ in a time where so much has changed‚ there
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Does Just War exist? The belief that a war can exist which is completely just‚ has been around for many centuries. Philosophers have argued since the time of Cicero on how actions can be justified‚ and have written many papers on the subject. Although many people from different backgrounds and religions have disagreed on the topic‚ it is somewhat agreed that four factors of a war must be just‚ for the war itself to be considered just: 1. The reasons to go to war must be just 2. The actions
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The purpose of the War Convention is to establish the duties of the persons engaged in the act of aggression. Michael Walzer defined the War Convention as the articulated norms‚ customs‚ professional codes‚ precepts‚ religious‚ philosophical principles and reciprocal arrangements that shape our judgement of military conduct. Thus‚ the War Convention may be interpreted as the multitude of non-binding moral criteria by which the justice of actions within the prosecution of conflict may be judged. The
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6/19/11 Cicero wrote a great extent on his concept of a Just War‚ yet his theory can be summarized into three simple rules. The first condition for a just war as proposed by Cicero is that there must be a valid or just cause. Cicero believed that a just cause includes the defense of honor as well as the restoration or upholding of peace. In other words‚ if ones honor is at stake or being attacked‚ Cicero would deem it just for war to be waged. St Augustine Christians should be pacifists in their
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The Libya‚ Obama and the Just War Theory There is no doubt that philosophy can be applied to everything from politics‚ to government‚ to our personal relationships. In today’s world‚ however‚ it is difficult to simplify everything into theoretical whims of Cicero‚ Plato‚ and Kant. The Libya‚ Obama and the Just War Theory is a blog post written by a man under the alias “Doctor Cleveland.” Cleveland provides us with a prime example of an archaic theory being used to justify decisions made in a complex
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