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Is war an inevitable and inescapable reality of the human condition? Far from it. Rather, like other forms of institutionalised violence that humanity has made great strides toward eliminating, war can and should be abolished. Not only does it result in the death of innocents (both soldiers and civilians), it also perpetuates far greater evils than it eliminates, including lawlessness, social disorder, and dehumanising attitudes toward others. While arguments in favour of the judicious use of warfare (such as Catholic teaching in just war theory) often rely on what seem like "commonsense" or realistic attitudes toward the necessity of violence in an imperfect world, other forms of institutionalised violence, such as vendettas and duels, slavery, and lynching, were also often accepted as commonplaces in American society. Through a gradual and reinforcing process of changing social attitudes as well as public policies, humanity can move toward the eventual elimination of war as an acceptable form of violence just as it has moved, albeit slowly and unevenly, toward the abolition of these other forms of institutional violence. A patient, consistent, and multidimensional global effort can weaken the impulse toward war, and eventually consign war to humanity's past.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Ethical issues & debates

• Full title: Catholic Realism and the Abolition of War
• Author: David Carroll Cochran
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258
• EAN: 9781626980747
• ISBN: 1626980748
• ID: 04840800
• Publisher: Orbis Books (USA)
• Weight: 358 g
• Dimensions: 239 × 152 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. March 2014

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