Date of Award

6-1927

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Philosophy

First Advisor

John McCormick

Second Advisor

William M. Magee

Abstract

A few short years ago the world was suffering from the most brutal and destructive war it had ever known. We had boasted of our civilization; we had attempted to establish a tribunal for world peace; we had talked of settling differences by means of arbitration. Meanwhile every European nation (and some non-European nations) were girding themselves for war and increasing their armament. School books were lauding national heroes to the skies and painting patriots of other nations in blackest hue. Germans were singing "Deutschland Uber Alles", and English were singing "Rule Brittania". Germany, Austria, and Italy had one secret agreement while Russia, France, and England had another. Although they all preached peace their actions showed they wanted war. Principles of morality had been forgotten by the nations and instead of relying upon the principles of the natural law, and of Charity and Justice as laid down by Christ, whose teachings they purported to follow, they relied on arbitration and diplomacy.

Comments

A Thesis submitted partially to fulfill the requirements for The Degree of Bachelor of Arts, College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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