Assignment 9: Ellie Phillips

War seems to haunt human history. It is a recurring theme, and I believe it’s inevitable. Why? Because even though with advances in humanity, we revert to natural forms when under serious threat. Despite our domestication, the human race cannot fully suppress natural responses specifically in times of extreme crisis. Countries do not go to war over small matters, but in desperate instances war is the common response. Negotiating peace can only go so far, when sides are too opposite to compromise war is the only response. No one sacrifices soldiers for a cause in which they do not believe.

Wartime affects moral judgement. For instance, killing another man (murder) is punishable by life in prison or even death within the US judicial system; however, on the battlefield, an enemy’s life that’s taken is not viewed as murder but rather as a service to one’s country. The morals of murder to do not apply during war.

Of course, there is no clear cut time for war. No one nation is ever truly prepared to face the problems of war, but when there is a call to action, countries tend to make a stand anyway.