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title: "War and peace"
date: "2022-01-07T12:19:51+00:00"
modified: "2025-02-13T14:12:59+00:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_perspective/war-and-peace/"
post_id: 3617
---

# War and peace

Do humanists think war can ever be justified? Why might a humanist join the armed forces? How do humanists work for peace?

[Download humanist perspective](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/War-and-peace-humanist-perspective.pdf)

[Interview with members of Defence Humanists](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/the-work-of-defence-humanists/)

[Interview with Defence Humanists patron and philosopher A C Grayling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBocimbuP5M) on war, its causes, its justifications, and how we might avoid it.

[Humanist Heritage article on conscientious objection](https://heritage.humanists.uk/object/conscientious-objectors-commemorative-stone/)

[Humanist Heritage article on the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament](https://heritage.humanists.uk/object/cnd-badge/)