Pacifism
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Chess - 22/11/09...powerful positional style has long attracted criticism for producing just a few too many draws, but in Moscow there was no sign of pacifism from the former World Champion. Kramnik got to 'plus three' with victories over Morozevich... In this article: Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Vassily Ivanchuk, Chess, Moscow, Pacifism, FIDE, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Morozevich, and Peter Svidler |
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The Japan Times: All Stories | 4 days ago
Conservatives had their chance
Regarding Kenichi Ito's Nov. 13 article, "International realities demand switch to 'positive' pacifism": I must respectfully disagree with the opinions of Ito. He seems oblivious to the fact that conservatives have been thrown out of office...
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Japan, Nationalism, Crony capitalism, Pacific War, The Japan Times, and Fumimaro Konoe
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Centre Daily Times | 4 days ago
A broken spirit finds comfort in the past
They drive cars and use technology, though her father does not believe in cellphones. They dedicate their lives to hard work, pacifism, a lack of vanity and cooking, especially with cabbage. Janzen writes of an extraordinary life that...
In this article: Mennonite, Borscht, Hysterectomy, Amish, Volkswagen Beetle, and Prada
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Sunday Mirror | 6 days ago
Wally meets... Former England hero Paul Mariner
...the tournament without losing and FIFA turned a blind eye to the greatest sham of all time - West Germany's 'friendly fire' tribute to pacifism against neighbours Austria. Now 56, Mariner is back at Plymouth - the club where he is revered by...
In this article: Paul Mariner, Paul Sturrock, Plymouth, England, World Cup, Rory Fallon, Steve Nicol, Kevin Keegan, Spain, and 2018 World Cup
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Omaha World-Herald | 7 days ago
Ross Douthat: Global scope of liberation remarkable after Wall’s fall
...front. Remove the stain of segregation, liberals argued in the '50s, or the communists will win the world. Repent of your hedonism and pacifism, neoconservatives urged Americans in the '70s, or the West will go the way of Finland. Neither...
In this article: Democracy, Fascism, Totalitarianism, Capitalism, Barack Obama, Islamic, Liberalism, and Radicalism
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CBS | November 13, 2009
Fort Hood major had focused on objector status
...two Muslims found help through the Center on Conscience & War, a Washington-based nonprofit that advocates for applicants. Muslim pacifism, rooted in a Quranic warning not to "return anger with anger," formed the basis for their successful...
In this article: Fort Hood, Islam, God, Persian Gulf War, and St. Mary's University
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The Sun | November 11, 2009
This fight was a travesty
...a blunt Cockney from Haye's South London manor, was Britain's finest referee for more than 30 years. He might have tolerated their pacifism for a few rounds before reading them the riot act. I can hear Harry telling them in no uncertain...
In this article: David Haye, Nikolai Valuev, John Ruiz, WBA, Muhammad Ali, Arthritis, and David and Goliath
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GlobalPost | November 09, 2009
Opinion: The day after the Wall fell
...worries the former Soviet satellites of Central and Eastern Europe. U.S. and British policymakers will seek to prevent Germany's pacifism from becoming non-interventionist and isolationist. France, meanwhile, sees its relative...
In this article: Germany, NATO, United States, Paris, Angela Merkel, Europe, Berlin, Duplicity, and Nationalism
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 09, 2009
Scholar who ignited Batman controversy
...at Presbyterian Ladies' College; later, at Melbourne University in the 1930s, she was involved in clubs and associations devoted to pacifism and the arts. While still a student she worked as a part-time journalist for the Sun...
In this article: John Batman, Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Harvard University, and Sydney
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Independent.co.uk - Books | November 08, 2009
Voices Against War: A Century of Protest, by Lyn Smith
My father had a bad war, but then most pacifists did. He didn't have a very good peace either, as soldiers returned from a victory in which he was only too aware he had played no part. Some of his wartime correspondence with the sculptor...
In this article: First World War, Tin, RAF, and CND
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National Review Online: Politics | November 03, 2009
Pulling the Republican lever in Manhattan, &c. -- By: Jay Nordlinger
...and Leftists in a permanent fury about American foreign policy have nothing to say about Iranian sponsorship of terror far and wide. Pacifists and aesthetes are so eager to see the splendours of Qom and Mashhad that they are oblivious...
In this article: Manhattan, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Pacifists, Iran, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, and Virginia
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Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views ranging from the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved; to calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war; to opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism); to rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals; to the condemnation of force except in cases where it is absolutely necessary to advance the cause of peace; to opposition to violence under any circumstance, including defense of self and others.
Pacifism may be based on moral principles (a deontological view) or pragmatism (a consequentialist view). Principled pacifism holds that at some point along the spectrum from war to interpersonal physical violence, such violence becomes morally wrong. Pragmatic pacifism holds that the costs of war and inter-personal violence are so substantial that better ways of resolving disputes must be found. Pacifists in general reject theories of Just War.
Pacifists follow principles of nonviolence, believing that nonviolent action is morally superior and/or pragmatically most effective. Some pacifists, however, support physical violence for emergency defense of self or others. Others support destruction of property in such emergencies or for conducting symbolic acts of resistance like pouring red paint to represent blood on the outside of military recruiting offices or entering air force bases and hammering on military aircraft. However, part of the pacifist belief system is taking responsibility for one's actions by submitting to arrest and using a trial to publicize opposition to war and other forms of violence.
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