JUST WAR In this article‚ firstly I will try to explain the history of Just War‚ and then by examining Melian dialogue‚ I will compare realistic and idealistic idea. After that I will explain the basis of right of individuals and right of society‚ After that I will touch upon the principles of a just cause (jus ad bellum) for war which is called Theory of Aggression and just act (jus en bello) in war which is called War Convention by Michael Walzer. Then I will try to find out Walzer’s Legalist
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state)‚ in order to preserve order and avoid put an end to the rebellion there. They rationalize that a show of force is the only option to ensure these objectives are met. The Melians are faced with a situation in which their safety is threatened and the Athenian Generals‚ believe that war is inevitable‚ because the Melians “value freedom above safety” (Walzer 5) and will have no other option but to engage them in war. It is the claims of inevitability and necessity that Walzer objects to. His argument
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 82:2 2011 pp. 167–186 STRATEGIC DIAGNOSIS OF SPANISH FARMING COOPERATIVE CREDIT SECTIONS: A SWOT ANALYSIS by Joan Ram´ n SANCHIS-PALACIO∗ o Universidad de Valencia‚ Spain and ´ Amparo MELIAN-NAVARRO Universidad Miguel Hernandez Elche‚ Spain ´ ABSTRACT∗∗ : Farming cooperative credit sections are financial instruments set up within a cooperative and at its service. They are key funding tools in rural areas and have been developed all
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Professor Mack Comparative Government (POLS 1220.32) 13 December 2011 The Art of Self-Interest: Sun-Tzu and Thucydides “Being fond of the truth‚ I am an admirer of antiquity‚” writes Confucius. (Kaplan‚ 40) The past contains lessons that apply to the future‚ because while time‚ place‚ individuals and creed change‚ people as a whole do not. The motivations are always the same. “Thus‚ as Aron notes‚ while our ideals have usually been peaceful‚ history has often been violent. Though this should
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recalls interaction between Athens and Melos in the Melian Dialogues. As we enter Thucydides’ chronicle‚ the Athenian army is squaring-off against the small island territory of Melos following Melian refusal to succumb peacefully to the larger‚ stronger force. Athenian leaders have dispatched representatives to speak with the leaders of Melos‚ but by now Athenians are determined to take over the small island at all costs. However‚ the Melians think they may be able to avoid war with the Athenian
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Sophism In this essay I would like to talk about the nature of sophism and how it changes religion‚ politics and education. In the first part of my essay I am going to define the meaning of sophism‚ in the second part I am going to talk about the connection of sophism and aristocrats‚ in the third part of my essay I am going to talk about the changes in religion with the help of sophism; in the fourth part I will examine the changes in decision-making and in last part I will talk about Socrates
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A Comparison of Herodotus and Thucydides The Persian and Peloponnesian wars were both significant conflicts that tested independence. Documenting these wars was obviously hard at this point of civilization‚ but two men did‚ and are now known as the great writers of their time. When analyzing the writings of Herodotus and Thucydides‚ the authors must be compared and contrasted. Though it is almost impossible to know the complete accuracy of their accounts‚ analyzing the writing style will give
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Ye Hua Social Foundation 25/09/2012 The significance and implications of assumptions about ‘historical causation’ in Herodotus’s The Histories and Thucydides’sThe Peloponnesian war Historical causation is a facet of historical analysis that focuses on explaining what occasioned or affected historic event. Causation analysis‚ thus‚ investigates the social‚ political‚ moral background of movements‚ ideologies and environmental occurrence; nevertheless‚ these analyses themselves are influenced
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Political Realism In the discipline of international relations there are contending general theories or theoretical perspectives. Realism‚ also known as political realism‚ is a view of international politics that stresses its competitive and conflictual side. It is usually contrasted with idealism or liberalism‚ which tends to emphasize cooperation. Realists consider the principal actors in the international arena to be states‚ which are concerned with their own security‚ act in pursuit of their
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In book II of the Aeneid‚ Virgil depicts the fall of Troy as Aeneas tells his tale. Aeneas begins his story as the Greeks have constructed a giant horse. This was clearly an indication for the end of the war as there were no sign of the Greeks. However‚ this was a malicious trick by the Greeks as soldiers were in the hollow belly of the horse. At night‚ when the Trojans had fallen asleep‚ the Greek soldiers hidden in the horse came out‚ opened the gates‚ and gave the signal to the main army. Consequently
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