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The theme ‘war and peace’ does not quite correspond exactly structurally to the motto ‘might and humanity’.

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    This text was published in: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Bewusstseinswandel [Transformed Consciousness] (München/Wien: Hanser, 1988): 461–468. It was translated for this volume by Ms. Ann Hentschel with the financial support of the Udo Keller Foundation.

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    E.g., M. Small and J.D. Singer: Resort to Arms (Beverly Hills, Ca.: Sage, 1982); cited after K.J. Holsti: Paths to Peace? Theories of Conflict Resolution and the Realities of International Politics, speech, University of Otago, New Zealand 1987.

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    G. Blainey: The Causes of War (London: Macmillan, 1973, rev. ed. 1988); cited after his contribution Past and Future Wars (Otago, NZ: University of Otago, 1987).

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    H. Afheldt: Defensive Verteidigung (Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1983); H. Afheldt:Atomkrieg. Das Verhängnis einer Politik mit militärischen Mitteln (München: Hanser, 1984).

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    G. Clark and L. Sohn: World Peace through World Law (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 3rd ed., 1966); in German: Frieden durch ein neues Weltrecht (Frankfurt/Main: Alfred Metzner-Verlag, 1961).

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von Weizsäcker, C.F. (2015). Overcoming the Institution of War. In: Bartosch, U. (eds) Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker: Major Texts on Politics and Peace Research. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice(), vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13308-9_2

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