War & Peace

Alternative title: War and Peace
Synopsis: This DVD features four short films specifically designed to assist teachers in delivering dynamic lessons on the ethics of war and peace. The films are: JUST WAR, HOLY WAR, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION and CONTEMPT OF CONSCIENCE.

Teachers’ notes, scripts & classroom activities accompany each film.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2014
Subjects: Philosophy; Religious studies
Keywords: conscientious objectors; ethical issues; war; pacifism; Iraq war; ethics; Quakers

Title: Holy War
Synopsis: Wars fought in the name of religion have been going on for a very long time. From Old Testament injunctions to kill, through to the Crusades and 9/11, Holy War asks are there some things worth killing for - and are there some things worth dying for?.
Title: Just War
Synopsis: From Augustine and Aquinas to Afghanistan and Iraq this film covers the history and development of Just War Theory and its implications for armed conflict today.
Title: Priest Who Blessed the Bomb, The
Synopsis: In 1945 a Roman Catholic priest gave the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima a Christian blessing. His personal testimony and those of survivors of the bombing graphically illustrate the ethical dilemmas of just war ethics in this haunting film.
Title: Contempt of Conscience
Synopsis: Conscientious objection to war has a long tradition and at the outset of the Iraq war in 2003 three Quakers continued this tradition by refusing to pay the military portion of their taxes in a search for less destructive ways of resolving conflict.

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