Proposal
I would like to write about war as a topic and this is because of various reasons. War has been with us for a long time and that is why this is a good topic that can be looked at in relation to the society’s needs. The prospective areas of war are wide and that is why this topic needs a good approach.
As far as narrowing down to this topic is concerned, I will look at all the aspects that revolve around war. I will first of all try to define law since different people have come up with their own arguments. This is because the first step towards understanding something is properly defining it.
In addition, I will also try to explain the history of war because it has been there for a long period of time. In this case, war can be traced back to early human beings meaning that it has been evolving as time goes by. This means that there are various aspects that have been incorporated to the whole aspect of war in relation to changes in technology.
Later on, I will narrow down on the general overview of war because people take different stands and positions on this topic. In this case, we have seen the effects of war in our society and this means that it is something real that can not be disputed.
Moral theories are very important because they help us to understand a given topic well. It should be known that moral theories help us to figure out what is good and what is bad. This means that there are certain actions that are not supposed to be entertained in the society.
Meta-ethics is a very important moral theory because it is widely applicable to this tropic. This is because it seeks to define various aspects like justice and others. As a matter of fact, there are people who do not know what is right and what is wrong as far as this topic is concerned.
In general, the most important moral theory that I will use in analyzing this topic is utilitarianism. This theory can tell us the costs and benefits of war which has been the most notable issue as far as the topic is concerned.
War comes after a given action has been undertaken and this means that it should be justified. As a matter of fact, this will justify the consequences of the action that we have taken.
War hams other people and this is what utilitarianism is all about because we should never benefit ourselves unfairly. This topic interests me because of various things. Every now and then, you will always hear that people are going to war because of various underlying reasons.
This is something that I would like to unearth because the society can not exist on war based on the negative effects that we have seen. As a matter of fact, this topic interests me because there is something that we can do as a society to avoid war.
Countries have violated international law that guides war and this is something that is supposed to be looked at. This means that it will be better if dialogue is enhanced before people can go to war as the last option. All in all, this is a very interesting topic that should be understood by everybody amongst us.
Introduction
War is a broad aspect because it can be referred to as a conflict that might take different dimensions. In this case, it can be a state of being armed to propagate a conflict that can be either between countries or individual parties.
As far as war is concerned, there can be a lot of aggression or disruption that might be advanced by one party towards the other. War can also be described as a behavioral pattern that has been seen in many people and human beings as a whole.
It should be known that war like tendencies are always exhibited by almost all primates and this might also extend to other species (Wade 14). All in all, war is a very interesting topic because it is wide and thereby involves a lot of issues.
As a matter of fact, there are a lot of issues that need to be understood as far as war is concerned. This is based on the fact that we live in a diverse and unique society that is bound to have a lot of issues that will always need to be sorted out as time goes by.
As far as approaching this topic is concerned, there should be a lot of understanding for long term sustainability. This should be done by looking at all the issues that revolve around war and why people might go to war.
It is quite obvious that individuals, nations or societies can not go to war unless they have been provoked to do so. These are some of the issues that need to be understood because somebody’s rights must be infringed upon before he/she decides to go to war.
On the other hand, we have all experienced the consequences of war and that is why there must be efforts to stop war (Wade 23).
In this case, there is an implication that the society can not co-exist well with war and that is why we should come up with good solutions. This can be proved well from various negotiations that have been seen around the world to stop conflicts.
There are a lot of people who have borne the brunt of war in their societies meaning that they need attention. The society can never coexist well after war and that is why it is always necessary to embark on reconciliation. All these efforts are always aimed at ensuring that people do not go to war again.
In this case, all aspects of war are supposed to be understood by all stakeholders and the society at large. This will enable them to be prepared to deal with any issue that might revolve around war.
As a matter of fact, this is based on various prospective areas of war that people have occasionally misunderstood thereby propagating war in the society (Gat 56). In the long run, specific areas of war should be properly evaluated for long term sustainability by narrowing down on necessities.
It should be known that there are a lot of moral theories that revolve around war and this is something that the society needs to understand.
War can be either be actual or intentional based on what a given party wanted to achieve by engaging in it. This topic interests me a lot because war can be traced to our doorsteps. In this case, it can occur that we have once in our lifetime been engaged in war or led to it.
This does not necessarily mean that we must promote war but people do this without knowledge that they are actually agents of war. There are a lot of aspects that revolve around war because it is broad and this is something that interests me.
The society should be able to define war because fisticuffs that occur between individuals can not be termed and described as war (Gat 45). A gang fight can not be described and defined as war because there are certain aspects and things that can qualify a conflict to be called war.
This therefore mans that there are occasions where some misunderstandings have always been confused as war which might not be the case.
Discussion
Overview
As usual, war will always be a phenomenon that can take a political twist. In this case, a country can not fight with its neighbor if there are no political undertones beneath. In the long run, this ends up as a conflict that occurs between political communities.
A political entity can be defined as a state or any community that seeks to be recognized as a state. There is some frequency by which war can occur but this will always depend on the underlying factors at a given period of time.
Terrorist organizations that have been responsible for war can also be referred to as political communities. This is because they are always composed of people with political reasons and missions that they want to achieve and accomplish (Fry 62).
All this withstanding, any mutual misunderstanding between these political communities should be looked at as signs of war in any way. This means that any conflict that is characterized by arms should be real and actual. In this case, it should not be merely latent because it will not qualify as war.
War can be aimed at ending the domination of one community over the other or better still to ensure that there is equality which has always been the bone of contention. There are various techniques that are used by individuals to advance war and this is called warfare.
In cases where we have war, communities or individuals are never ready to compromise until they attain what they had anticipated (Fry 48). This means that they are never ready for a relationship that will lead to fundamental equality in any way.
As far as all wars are concerned, domination has always been the reason for the community’s actions. In this case, it does imply that almost all wars are borne out of the need for domination. In a broad perspective, there is an individual who will occasionally wish to dominate over the other and this ultimately leads to war.
Analysis
War is inescapable because we are bound to experience it every now and then as time goes by. This means that war can not in any case be linked to a given political organization because it is bound to be a universal phenomenon no matter how much we try to avoid it. In the long run, the society will always define war because it pays its wages.
War has been taking different dimensions based on various developments that have been seen. This means that there have been advancements as time goes by.
There are a lot of global alliances that have seen different nations align themselves with each other based on shared interests. In this case, war has a long history but technology has been infused in thereby making it more complex (Kelly 81).
As a matter of fact, this has ended up enhancing its destructiveness that was not there in the initial years. There are various motivations that lead people to war and this can only be understood by those who give orders.
Those who undertake war have never understood what they are fighting for because they are always given orders to go to war. As a matter of fact, a state can not go to war without support from its leaders and people. All this will be based on the three universal reasons that have occasionally motivated people to war.
This reasons can be either ideological, economical or for power and pride. There has been an argument that morality can justify the need for war but this is supposed to be well proven. All in all, the strategies and tactics for war have been changing as time goes by depending on technology (Wade 39).
As far as war is concerned, there are a lot of moral theories that are supposed to be understood. For instance, we have economic, Marxist, evolutionary psychology, demographic, behavioral, youth bulge and political science theories. As a matter of fact, all these theories try to explain the rationale behind war and why people, nations, sopcietes or states go to war.
As far as moral theories are concerned, there is always a morality for war. In this case, it is undeniable that war has been and will always be a source of the society’s moral questions. This means that concerns behind war need to be understood and evaluated because this has increased gradually as time goes by.
Due to modernization and globalization, the society does not seem to understand why people should continue going to war. Despite all this positive developments, there are people who are always ready to go to war at the slightest provocation and this should not be entertained.
For instance, there might be an argument that a country should be able to defend itself but this can be done diplomatically (Kelly 60). The justification for war is well elaborated by international law and this should not be violated by any nation or state whatsoever.
International law legitimizes war for defense and this is when a given nation or state has been attacked. This means that a nation can go to war and defend its borders either individually or with support from its allies. On the other hand, there are wars that can be allowed by the United Nations.
In this case, the Security Council can allow a given nation to go to war if there is necessity for it. There are enough laws that have been established to enhance the regulation of war as far as international relations are concerned. The conduct of war is very unique depending on people who are propagating it (Gat 97).
There is some uniformity and agreement that in war, there must be some form of confrontation. This confrontation can be done in various ways either by using weapons and equipments. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of tactics that are employed by individuals to suppress the enemy at all costs.
Individuals who are engaged in war behave in a unique way meaning that their behavior will always vary. There are occasions where troops have been engaged in bad activities in the name of war. For instance, there is a lot of rape and ethnic cleansing that has been reported in different places in the course of war.
The aftermath of war has been disastrous because of such activities. In this case, we are supposed to understand various types of warfare that the world is currently experiencing. We have conventional warfare where a given nation is only concerned with reducing its opponents’ military might (Fry 56).
Such wars have always revolved around chemical and nuclear weapons with an aim of ensuring that a state slows down on such activities. Another example of warfare is nuclear warfare. This is mostly characterized by the use of nuclear weapons that are always dangerous.
Civil war is the most common form of warfare that has been seen in the world today. In this case, the sides that are involved in the conflict are from one nation. These entities or groupings are only forced to go to war to control the nation’s destiny, independence or resources.
Asymmetric warfare can be described as a misunderstanding between two different and distinct populations. As much as these two populations might be having diverse capabilities they might use guerilla tactics to overcome each other (Kelly 74). Chemical warfare is the worst form of war that nations or states can engage themselves in because it has deadly effects.
All this aspects and approaches to war have been seen and manifested in our society in one way or the other and everything possible should be done to avoid such issues. War takes place in our environment and no matter how much we may try to avoid and ignore it, there will always be negative effects.
Conclusion
War is an interesting topic that requires a lot of analysis and understanding because there are many prospective areas.
Effects of war in the society can be seen everywhere and even the soldiers who participate in them are not immune in any way. As a matter of fact, a lot of soldiers have been killed in the course of war for it to be won. Civilians have suffered a lot because of war and this can be manifested from the depopulation that accompanies such activities.
People can not inhabit an area that has a lot of war and this means that they have to move to other places that are secure. Economies have been shattered and destroyed because of war depending on its nature (Fry 82). Nations have to spend money on the purchase of weapons and paying soldiers who go to war. In addition, destruction of economic activities will always accompany such activities and this is not good for prosperity.
As earlier noted, people go to war because of various reasons meaning that there is always bound to be a solution. In this case, there are no impossibilities as long as people commit themselves to find a long lasting solution to a given problem.
This means that events that lead to war are propagated by facts that either side might be having. Nations should not be encouraged to go to war because there is no need to loose life and property on something that can be solved amicably (Wade 47). There are occasions where individuals might come to a stalemate but there should be a ceasefire to end any hostilities that might continue.
Negotiations and dialogue should be encouraged over war based on the realities on the ground. There are occasions where dialogue might not be easy based on a loser and winner scenario but a middle ground can be settled on.
There are occasions where the winner in a given conflict or war might dictate the terms of settlement and engagement but this should not be imposed because it will be encouraging the resurgence of war. War can not be ruled out because the society has a lot of issues that will continually emerge as time goes by.
This means that mutual understanding should be encouraged by all members of the society to avoid any warlike activities. Sport activities have been identified as the best alternative to war because people can not shy away from it (Fry 97).
As a matter of fact, activities that bring people together to engage in positive activities should be encouraged around the world. The society can never coexist well after war and that is why it is always necessary to embark on reconciliation. All these efforts are always aimed at ensuring that people do not go to war again.
Works Cited
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Wade, Nicholas. Before the Dawn. New York: Penguin, 2006. Print.