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pacific
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1996
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pacific making or tending to peace XVI; peaceful XVII (
P. Ocean, modL.
Mare Pacificum, so called by Magellan because he found it comparatively free from violent storms). — (O)F.
pacifique or L.
pācificus, f.
pāx,
pāc- PEACE; see
-FIC.
Hence
pacificism,
pacificist, usu. in shortened form
pacifism,
pacifist XX. So
pacify XV. — (O)F.
pacifier or L.
pācificāre.
pacification XV. — F. — L.
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Political pacifism.
Magazine article from: Social Theory and Practice; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; War is so obviously a bad thing that pacifism, which is defined by its hostility to...have tended to dismiss the doctrine of pacifism. Jan Narveson, for example, in his influential paper on pacifism, finds the doctrine of pacifism to be...
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Pacifism redux. (Correspondence).(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...common cause with liberal pacifism, for we do not presume that people committed to the pacifism of the messianic community...those committed to liberal pacifism, on the other, are self...between these kinds of pacifisms. So, while we will not...
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The fall of pacifism
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/21/2003; ; 700+ words
; 00-00-0000 Headline: The fall of pacifism Byline: Saul Singer Edition; Daily Section: Opinion...of Iraq could end up being the greatest blow to pacifism since World War II. Pacifism has a long and distinguished history. The Spirit...
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Peace Movements And Pacifism After September 11.(Book review)
Newspaper article from: New Zealand International Review; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; PEACE MOVEMENTS AND PACIFISM AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 Editors: Shin Chiba...fundamental questions about peace and pacifism after the events of 11 September 2001...Part II (chapters 5-8) focuses on pacifism, philosophy and religion in the context...
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American Catholic Pacifism: The Influence of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; American Catholic Pacifism: The Influence of Dorothy Day and...theological and spiritual roots of Catholic pacifism; and (3) interpreting the Catholic...response to, and the impact upon Catholic pacifism of, certain periods of crisis, such...
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Revisiting Chinese Pacifism.(Report)
Magazine article from: Asian Affairs: An American Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Chinese pacifism is a long-debated issue. Since Western...scholars tend to associate China with pacifism. (1) In the recent past, this conventional...China. (4) The old thesis of Chinese pacifism has been challenged for legitimate reasons...
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Personal pacifism.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...two principles. The first, absolute pacifism, holds that it is always wrong to wage...immoral. In the case of this personal pacifism, the claim is only that, given who...the moral permissibility of personal pacifism is the American Catholic Bishops' pastoral...
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Notes on pacifism.
Magazine article from: The Antioch Review; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...there's some other sort of pacifist. Pacifism is always a fundamentalist position...most of us draw a line somewhere. My pacifism being the fundamentalist position it...the actions I've taken to express my pacifism are usually moral by Hemingway's criterion...
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Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism and Just War Theory.
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 12/16/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...peace movement avoid like the plague: pacifism. Utter it and you must try first to...quagmires that turn any discussion of pacifism and just war into a wheel-spinning...imperfect world? The book is an overview of pacifism and the just-war theory as they developed...
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Major reviews -- Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism, and Just War Theory by Lisa Sowle Cahill
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...enemies' -- could have given rise both to pacifism and to just war thinking" (p. xi...chapters consider various forms of Christian pacifism and nonpacifism in different periods...finds significant variations within both pacifism and just war thinking. She distinguishes...
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Pacifism
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Pacifism. Pacifism is the principled rejection of war. European peace advocates coined...refers primarily to the latter, more restrictive use of the term. Pacifism has roots in Buddhism and the Janist tradition of Hinduism, but its...
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pacifism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pacifism advocacy of opposition to war through...complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of achieving it differ...position. Another motivating force in pacifism has been humanitarianism and the humanitarian...
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nuclear pacifism
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
nuclear pacifism the belief that a war involving nuclear weapons is not a winnable or “just” war, and is unjustifiable because of its uniquely devastating consequences.
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell Russell, 3d Earl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...mathematician. Although he had already embraced pacifism, it was in reaction to the war that...concerned with social issues. His active pacifism at the time of the war inspired public...again became a leading spokesman for pacifism and especially for the unilateral renunciation...
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Passive Resistance
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...struggle may reflect a moral commitment to pacifism by leaders or activists in a movement...1968] are prominent examples), but pacifism is not a necessary condition. Passive...by those with no moral commitment to pacifism. In the long view of history, it is...
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