The Price of War

The evolution of values in today's modernized and more dangerous world, with our ethnocentric ideas lead me to believe some of us may not truly understand the meaning of war. By discussing the consequences of war perhaps we can begin to measure the impact a global war would have on our more industrialized society. With the evolution of our society we have began to separate our values and ethics from the reality we live in every day. In many ways I would even go as far as to say we are lying to ourselves. We preach goodness, and sharing, and love, but we find ourselves many times unconsciously committing tremendous acts of injustice, even cruelty in the hopes of gaining more power or wealth even pleasure. Many people believe war is the only answer to the crisis our world is facing. With the evolution of society has come the evolutions of our own fears of others, and forceful, and many times seemingly careless ways of protecting ourselves. …