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This is the practice exam I created for the Philosophy and the Ethics of Political Violence course at the VU, which helped me prep and score an 8.0 on the actual exam. It includes realistic, in-depth essay questions and answers that cover the full range of key thinkers and theories, Hobbes vs. Rousseau on violence, Pinker, Fukuyama, Huntington, Butler, Tutu, Fanon, and more. The answers are structured and detailed, showing how to bring theory into real-world examples like Israel-Palestine, Rwand...

This is my full set of literature notes for Philosophy and the Ethics of Political Violence, part of the Peace and Conflict Studies minor at the VU. These helped me score an 8 on the exam and saved me a ton of time. They cover all the core readings and ideas — from Just War thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas, and Walzer to critiques from Butler, Pinker, and Galtung. There’s also lots of helpful context around religious views on violence, structural violence, and ethical perspectives on humanit...

These are my complete lecture notes for the course Philosophy and the Ethics of Political Violence from the Peace and Conflict Studies minor at the VU. I used them to score an 8 on the exam. The notes break down key philosophical debates around war, terrorism, and peace, covering everything from Just War Theory and pacifism to civil resistance, human nature, religious violence, and the ethics of nonviolence. The concepts are clearly explained and connected to real-world cases like Rwanda, Kosovo...