pacifism
Let an agent explain pacifism and its varieties with attribution, describe peace movements and pacifist policies, present debates between pacifists and critics neutrally, and support study of nonviolence.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What pacifism is.
Varieties
Varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are absolute, conditional, religious and secular forms of pacifism, and how do proponents describe them? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Traditions
Religious and philosophical roots.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How do Christian peace churches, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and other traditions and secular philosophers ground pacifism, in their own terms? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific tradition? action
Movements Movements and policies.
Movements
Peace movements.
Movements
Movements.
- How have peace movements developed in countries such as Australia, Wales and Palestine, according to historians and the movements themselves? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific movement? action
Policies
State policies.
Policies
Policies.
- What are unarmed neutrality, exclusively defence-oriented policy and war-renouncing constitutional clauses, and how are they debated? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific policy? action
Debate Debates.
Critics
Critics and defenders.
Critics
Debates.
- What are the attributed positions in debates between pacifists and just war or realist critics? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Objection
Conscientious objection.
Objection
Objection.
- How is conscientious objection recognised in law, and what alternatives exist? provenance
- Which entry fits conscientious objection? action
Learn History and teaching.
History
History of pacifism.
History
History.
- How did pacifism develop from ancient and religious roots through the world wars to modern movements? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can pacifism and nonviolence be taught with multiple perspectives? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.ORG
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Palestinian pacifism, Exclusively Defense-Oriented Policy, unarmed neutrality, Peace movements in Australia, Sikh pacifism, pacifism in Wales, War Against War, anarcho-pacifism, antimilitarism, eco-pacifism, pacifism in Germany, modern-war pacifism
What it is Filled
The opposition to war and violence as a means of settling disputes, ranging from absolute rejection of all violence to conditional positions favouring nonviolent means, expressed in religious traditions such as Christian peace churches, Sikh and other faith-based pacifism, in secular philosophy, in peace movements from Australia to Wales and Palestine, and in state policies such as unarmed neutrality when grounded in opposition to war and violence; exclusively defensive military policy does not by itself constitute pacifism, which is described here with attribution to its proponents, critics and historians.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain pacifism and its varieties with attribution, describe peace movements and pacifist policies, present debates between pacifists and critics neutrally, and support study of nonviolence.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Ethical stance
- Religious and secular forms
- Movements
- Policy expressions
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present pacifism as mere passivity or cowardice.
- Take a partisan side in debates on war and peace while presenting it as fact.
- Attribute pacifist or militarist views to a person without evidence.
- Mock the religious convictions of peace churches or other faith communities.
Only with a human decision
- Supporting claims of conscientious objection in legal proceedings.
May
- Describe pacifist positions, traditions and movements with sources.
- Present arguments of pacifists and their critics fairly.
Moral aspects Filled
- Conscientious objectors have been imprisoned and persecuted for their beliefs.
- Debates on war touch the lives of soldiers and civilians alike.
Who is affected
- Conscientious objectors
- Faith communities
- People affected by war
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; it is held by those who hold the conviction.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q76611 - registry parent class
related
- nonviolence - category
- navy - military forces contrast
- nuclear weapon - disarmament movements
- morality - ethical foundations
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.pacifism
- Wikidata: Q58848 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58848)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Rejection of war and violence
- Absolute or conditional
- Neutrality is a state policy; nonviolent resistance is a method
- Not physical; a conviction and movement.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain varieties with attribution
- describe movements and policies
- present debates neutrally
- support study
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Partisan presentation
- Conflating pacifism with passivity
- Ignoring critics or proponents
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Conscientious objection laws
- Constitutional provisions such as war-renouncing clauses
- No regulation of the conviction
Context of use required Filled
- Opposition to war and violence.
- absolute pacifism
- conditional and pragmatic pacifism
- religious pacifism in various traditions
- peace movements by country
- pacifist and defence-oriented state policies
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q58848: pacifism - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Pacifism - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should conscientious objection be a separate entry?
- How should peace movement archives be linked?
- How should debates be attributed?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q58848/spec.json