Righteousness Over Peace

To choose between righteousness and peace, it is a very difficult choice, but every person will have to make the choice at least once in their lives. It is a choice between living with seemingly no troubles or having all rights of the people will be respected. There can be peace without righteousness, and righteousness without peace, but to have both simultaneously is rare. Righteousness is defined differently in all parts of the world; however one can be sure they prefer righteousness to peace. When it comes to choosing, society does indeed need peace, it cannot operate on peace alone. Although there are different contexts of rights and how they should be distributed around the world, one must ultimately choose righteousness as top priority. Without righteousness, there cannot possibly be any peace.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, several European countries experimented with new types of government, one of the most popular ones being constitutional monarchy. Constitutional monarchy is a system of government in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government (ILASS 2, Unit 3, Constitutional Monarchy). The monarch is known as the king or queen, and their job is to maintain the order of their kingdom, making sure all its people see justice. The monarch must remain politically neutral so that he or she does not unjustly cater to only one party’s needs but to every party’s needs. Although the monarch has a lot of power, the ability to make and pass legislation resides with an elected parliament to give the government a check and balance so the country is at no one person’s disposal. Most were content with this type of government but it did not satisfy everyone, some did not feel it was justified morall...

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...e equally respected. Although in every government, the definitions of both seem to differ, one can safely say, they prefer righteousness over peace. Ultimately to have complete peace, the society must respect righteousness also. Although there are different contexts of rights and how they should be distributed around the world, one must ultimately choose righteousness as top priority. Without righteousness, there cannot possibly be any peace.

Works Cited

ILASS 2, Unit 2: American Context of Rights. A People’s History of the United States by

Howard Zinn.

ILASS 2, Unit 2: American Context of Rights. Common Sense by Thomas Paine.

ILASS 2, Unit 2: American Context of Rights. Give Me Liberty by Naomi Wolf.

ILASS 2, Unit 3: Historical Context of Rights. Constitutional Monarchy Notes.

ILASS 2, Unit 4: Struggles, Movements, Freedom. Women’s Rights Notes.