The Pros And Cons Of War

Every day we are surrounded by stories of war. In fact, we have become so accustomed to it, that we are now entertained by it. Video games, movies, and books filled with heroes who once dominated the battlefields. However it is constantly stated, “no good comes from war.” Even famous songs state “war... what is it good for… absolutely nothing.” But what if war was actually necessary? Throughout history, we see examples of the good things wars have brought. War has freed slaves, modernized medicine, brought down evil empires, and even brought countries together

To explain the necessity of war, we must explain what it means for something to be necessary. For something to be necessary it has to be “unable to be changed or avoided.” Well at least

Although considered a ”Free” nation the United States was once the capital of slavery. Cotton was king in the South, and coincidentally there is no cheaper labor than slaves. Before we examine why a war was necessary to free slaves. We must first examine on rather not slavery is just. Based on the theory that societies are always right, and then slavery must be right and just. However, slavery is not just. Slaves were treated like property rather than humans. Slaves were also forced to perform any act their owner deemed right. Even if it was a sexual act, a sexual act against one 's will is considered rape. Rape is unjust in the United States, therefore, slavery is unjust. United States law would sentence you to jail, or severe punishment for raping a citizen. But because slavery was unjust they were not considered humans, therefore raping a slave was perfectly fine. All these examples contraindicated the United States law at that. It was easy to see that slavery was not fair, therefore unjust. Thus, it caused a Civil War in the United

It would be considered “the bloodiest war in America.” Well, then why was this war so necessary? Why did 640,000 soldiers have to give their life? In order for a society to evolve it has to leave its past mistakes, and most importantly not repeat them. Slavery not only was it a mistake, according to the institute of Gilder Lehman of American History, it cost nearly 2.2 million people their life in the voyage to America. Another 3 million would lose their life to disease, starvation, or homicide. The war was the only way this mass genocide could have been stopped. Many tried to reach an agreement with the Confederacy, but because of their greed, they could not be reached. War was merely an instrument used to stop this mass genocide. A revolution was necessary in order for society to grow. Just like during the Revolutionary War the United States gained its independence from England. In the Civil War, African Americans gained their independence from slavery and are known as fellow peers. With equal rights and opportunities. Only now is society just to them. In the end, because slavery was unjust, we could not further progress as a society. Civil War ended slavery. Therefore, the Civil War was necessary to free