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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Purpose and description
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.
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 and exclusively defence-oriented policy; pacifism is described here with attribution to its proponents, critics and historians.
What it is for: Opposition to war and violence.
It can be explain varieties with attribution; describe movements and policies; present debates neutrally; support study.
Distinguishing features
Ethical stance
Religious and secular forms
Movements
Policy expressions
What it looks like
Not physical; a conviction and movement.
How it is recognised
Rejection of war and violence
Absolute or conditional
Neutrality is a state policy; nonviolent resistance is a method
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - military forces contrast
is related to - disarmament movements
is related to - ethical foundations
In practice
Families and kinds
absolute pacifism
conditional and pragmatic pacifism
religious pacifism in various traditions
peace movements by country
pacifist and defence-oriented state policies
Standards and regulation
Conscientious objection laws
Constitutional provisions such as war-renouncing clauses
No regulation of the conviction
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan presentation
Conflating pacifism with passivity
Ignoring critics or proponents
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.pacifism
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What pacifism is.
Attribution.
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.
Context.
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.
Attribution.
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.
Education.
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
What the second pass must settle
- Should conscientious objection be a separate entry?
- How should peace movement archives be linked?
- How should debates be attributed?