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    Just World Theory Essay

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    About: Two strategies will offer alternative views‚ with techniques‚ advising on how to persuade people to contribute to your charity‚ by looking at the just world hypothesis (Lerna‚ 1970) and interventions using the theory of planned behaviour (Sutton‚2002) Upon evaluation of advantages and limitations‚ this poster will conclude. Altruism or Egoism? Types of pro-social behaviour: Altruism: A person’s motivation for helping is because they are empathetic and take a perspective of situations‚ so

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    speech‚ Obama said: “In today’s wars‚ many more civilians are killed than soldiers; the seeds of future conflict are sown”. In order to prevent or stop genocide‚ you must commit one‚ however‚ it leads to the occurrence of another genocide in the future. War always has a victor and a looser. Consequently‚ the losers will have an inner urge to take revenge‚ and the losers are mostly relatives of the civilians or soldiers who perished in war. Therefore‚ going to war is like to sow a seed and wait

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    War is Hell A review of chapter 2‚ ’The Crime of War’ in Michael Walzer’s book‚ "Just and Unjust Wars: A moral argument with historical illustrations." Allen Lane 1997. In this chapter‚ Walzer discusses the cruelty of war and whether there can be any justification for such cruelty. He begins by distinguishing between the justice of war (jus ad bellum) and the justice in war (jus in bello). "War is always judged twice‚ first with reference to the reasons states have for fighting‚ secondly with

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    Vietnam War Just or Unjust

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    Vietnam‚ Just or Unjust? Some ask the question‚ was the Vietnam War just? Some may say yes it was just‚and others say that it is unjust. However‚Certain people view justice as slippery concept. There are always ways to get aroud justice‚ and that is why people believe that justice is a slippety concept. Even Plato one of the brightest of his time could not figure out whether war was just or unjust. A Certain individual‚ by the name of Aquinas‚ also attempted to elaborate his view on the war through

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    What makes a war just?

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    There have been many wars fought throughout history. Each of these wars could be found to be either just or unjust. The way to determine this is by a set of guidelines that have been made by historians and philosophers over the years. This set of rules is called the jus ad bellum or right to war. The six guidelines included in this set are as follows: legitimate authority‚ just cause‚ right intention‚ last resort‚ reasonable chance of success‚ and an end goal of superior peace. I believe that‚ according

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    Just in time (JIT) is described as a philosophy‚ managerial concept or manufacturing strategy. It achieved fame in the late 1970’s through Taiichi Ohno and is used in many companies till this day especially automotive industries. Just in time was originally a practice of the Toyota motor company in Japan. Chakravorty and Atwater 1995 (cited in Singh and Ahija‚ 2015) suggest that the fundamental of Just in time philosophy is continuous improvement in process through removal of all types of waste.

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    a fifth century Bishop of Hippo. He is credited with building the foundation of Christian just war theory. He describes that individuals of Christianity do not have authority to resort to violence if only themselves or property are threatened. Though these Christians should be compelled to protect innocents who are being attacked. Even if it means sacrificing themselves in the process. Augustine’s just war teachings were developed from old Roman legal tradition. The right of authority is vested with

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    there has be war‚ it wasn’t always about a struggle over values‚ but where the victory of the winner‚ would be a human disaster for the loser. So Walzer‚ believed that in conditions of supreme emergency the violation of the normal freedom being expressed; by all the principle of discrimination is allowed in warfare between states although it’s with a heavy burden of guilt. Walzer established the belief of Just War as a tradition theory; where‚ even the good guys are not allowed to do just anything

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    Clausewitz's Theory Of War

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    scholars attempted to theorize war in human history‚ only few were credited for constructing consistent theories on which people could base and further their understanding of war and warfare. Those include Greek Thucydides‚ Chinese Sun Tzu‚ and Indian Kautilya all three from 3-4th century BC; Prussian Carl von Clausewitz and Swiss Antoine-Henry Jomini both from 19th century. All of those prominent theorist had a lot to offer and therefore had great influence on our thinking in war‚ warfare‚ and strategy

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    John Locke’s theories of a just society was one where all men deserved equal treatment under the law and the state‚ preserving a person’s right to “life‚ liberty and property” (APUS‚ 1). This is accomplished through a social contract‚ where the people would consent to limited control under a state. This control was limited in its scope‚ with the people being the true source of power within the state. Locke believed that this was possible because he viewed man as being morally good and that through

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