Introduction to Contemporary Civilization; a Syllabus
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[63] 2. The problem of war and peace. *Irwin, The Next War; Folks, The Human Costs of the War; Perry, Conflict of Ideals; Krehbiel, Nationalism, War and Society; Hobson, Imperialism. A. The case for war. (a) The argument from Darwinism: "survival of the fittest"; Bernhardi, Cramb. (6) The argument from human nature: the "fighting-instinct." (c) War's benefits to science, industry, patriotism, morality, religion, art. (d) Means of last resort for the solution of moral issues. B. The case against... war. (a) The human cost of war. i. Destruction of best stock. ii. Numbers of killed, maimed, and disabled by military operations. iii. Increased sickness and mortality due to starvation, exposure, typhus, cholera, venereal diseases, etc. iv. Effect of war on the birthrate, on infants, on children. v. Increase of mental diseases. vi. The moral waste: frequent loss of ambition or of ideals on the part of soldiers; difficulty of discontinuing certain habits formed in the army. (6) The economic cost of war.
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