Reasons for war, Nuclear war and Weapons of Mass Destruction

• greed 


  a selfish desire for something
• retaliation: deliberately harming someone as a response to them harming you
• nuclear weapons: Weapons that work by a nuclear reaction; they devastate huge areas and kill large numbers of people
• weapons of mass destruction: Weapons that can kill large numbers of people and/or cause great damage
• chemical weapons: Weapons that use chemicals to poison, burn or paralyse humans and destroy the natural environment
• biological weapons: Weapons that have living organisms or infective material that can lead to disease or death
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Two Japanese cities on which the U.S. dropped the atomic bombs to end World War II
• Al Qaeda: Terrorist organization that launched a series of attacks against U.S
• ahimsa: Non-harming; a personal virtue and guiding principle of Hinduism.
• artha: One of the four aims of human life; earning a lawful living.
• Varnashrama dharma 


  Dharma for specific stages in life