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Religion,
Peace, War
and Justice
Hinduism
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 War
What is war?
Different types of war
Causes of War
Effects of War
Hindu attitudes to war
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Chapter 5 Bibliography
Chapter 6 Self Evaluation
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Chapter 1 - War
What is war?
War is a state of
armed conflict
between different
nations or states or
different groups
within a nation or
state through the
means land, sea or air.
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Causes of War
There can be many reasons that a country
goes to war for, but there are 4 main types.
Nationalism The belief that your country
is better than others. This has made
nations assertive and aggressive in the
past.
Imperialism Imperialism is the desire to
conquer colonies. For example, in World
War 1, Germany wanted a colony. France
and Britain already had colonies and
Germany felt that they had right to make
one.
Militarism This is also known as an arms
race. This creates war when nations build
up a strong navy and army which incite
other nations to do the same.
Alliances Believe it or not, having an
alliance with another country can incite
war. For example in World War 1, Germany,
Italy and Austria-Hungary formed an
alliance which was called the Triple
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Effects of War
There are many negative effects of war.
Effects on Children
Children die as a result of fighting but it is
not the only form of violence to which
children are exposed to. Millions of children
live with injuries and scars with an
abundance of disabilities caused by armed
conflicts and political violence.
Effects on Women
Women and girls experience conflict and
displacement in different ways that men
do. It is because of differences in gender
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Chapter 2 Violence
and Pacifism
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What is Pacifism?
Pacifism is the belief that war and violence
are unjustifiable under any circumstances
and that all disputes should be settled by
peaceful means.
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Pacifist in
Hinduism
Mahatma
Gandhi is the best example of Pacifist in
Hinduism. His whole life was dedicated to
Pacifism. Gandhi used pacifist means to
wage a campaign against British rule. He
was born on 2nd October 1869 and was
assassinated on 30th January 1948 aged 78.
After his pacifist campaign, India gained
independence on 15th August 1947, but four
years before the day of Independence,
India partitioned into Pakistan and
Hindustan against the will of Gandhi as he
believed in religious unity.
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Chapter 3 Crime
and Punishment
What is crime?
Crime is an
action or
omission that
constitutes an
offense that
may be
prosecuted by
the state and
is punishable
by the law. A
crime is an illegal action.
What is punishment?
Punishment is the infliction or imposition of
a penalty as retribution for an offense.
There are four aims of punishment which
you will read in the next s section.
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Restorative
Restorative
making
make up for
been
For
Justice
justice is
criminals
what has
lost.
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Chapter 4 Social
Injustice
What is Social Injustice?
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Chapter 5
Bibliography
I used the OCR GCSE Philosophy and Ethics
book as a main source and the following
websites helped.
http://emmawilson.hubpages.com/hub/Typ
es-of-wars
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-socialjustice.htm
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/war
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biological
+warfare
http://www.icrc.org/eng/war-andlaw/conduct-hostilities/methods-meanswarfare/overview-methods-and-means-ofwarfare.htm
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chemical
+warfare
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
history/mwh/ir1/underlyingcausesrev1.sht
ml
http://cultureofpeace.org/impactofwar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative_jus
tice
http://www.ndre.co.uk/aims_of_punishment
.htm#Retribution
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http://home.page.ch/pub/rfm@vtx.ch/punis
hment.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gan
dhi
Chapter 6 Self
Evaluation
My booklet took me 8 hours to complete
and is a concise 2000 words about Religion,
Peace, War and Justice. This is a brilliant
revision guide for my assessment on the
topic of which now, I am very familiar with.
In my last booklet, my main source of
information was websites with little
relevant information. The OCR GCSE
Philosophy and Ethics book has given me
much more relevant and to the point
information. In my last booklet, I wasnt
able to get any quotes from the Bhagvad
Gita, but in this GCSE revision book I
obtained from the LRC, findings quotes is
much easier.
I feel that working alone is much easier
than working in group to make a booklet as
being in a group and giving the leader the
info is easy. Being that leader and trying to
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