Assignment 9: What is it good for? Tora Sellers

In theory, war and other violence is never appropriate, and should be condemned by all people in all cases. To live in harmony with one another should be everybody’s wish. But that vision of harmony unfortunately varies between different people: for example, Adolf Hitler saw harmony in an entirely Aryan world under German rule. Those individuals or groups which others believe to be radical, or in the way of their own visions of harmony, become the causes of conflict. Nations have a right to engage in warfare when their own borders, people, resources, etc. are threatened, and are helpless to defend themselves without it. Nations also have a right when the same goes for another nation which it believes is in need of assistance. This however, does not apply when nothing is truly in an entirely helpless position. Many wars are fought for a gain in foreign resources and/or resources. These, because it would be terrible for the approval of the public when described directly, are instead turned into “prettier” wars for the defense of “our people”, “democracy”, and “freedom” as a massive PR campaign pointed toward the public. These wars are the wars that are unacceptable.