what we can do to face violence? what are the solutions to make peacefull world? — Zekkari Mohamed
what we can do to face violence? what are the solutions to make peacefull world?
— Zekkari Mohamed
I know this thread is old but it is so necessary to put it on the table. — javi2541997
One of the main goals should be teach to kids how outrageous is the violence and how important is respect other people’s lives and integrity. If we do not do so we will continue having a lot of disgraces and probably a WWIII. The language and discourse of the public representatives is bad. Only spread words to make conflicts. It remembers me of the new PM of Perú, Castillo, whose first discourse was attacking Spanish for no reasons or just past issues in conquista. I don’t understand why these politicians want to divide us but we have to learn how to avoid their toxic discourse and share empathy through our relationships. — javi2541997
...as long as our rulers educate our children, and we tolerate it, moreover yearn for it. Which is not an education, rather indoctrination.
The sad truth of society, people don't listen to philosophers and arguments, but listen to demagogues and slogans. And if we let this happen once, the most awful people will take advantage of our naivety, and gullibility. — Art Stoic Spirit
The moral lesson here, human being should be treated as an individual, not as a member of a group, masses, nation, commune, and so on. Human being is a human being, no more, no less. Should be treated so, not as a expendable unit. — Art Stoic Spirit
Perhaps not so sad, given all the conflicting and confusing views and arguments ?The sad truth of society, people don't listen to philosophers and arguments... — Art Stoic Spirit
This paper addresses how fear and hate have had an impact on the ways in which people and nations behave. A study of World War II reveals to people the terrible consequences of fear and hate. After this long war ended, many hoped that the United Nations would put an end to warfare and the acts that had nourished hatred. Using the theme of "Fear and Hate vs. Hope and Cooperation" to study World War II, teachers can address World War II in a meaningful way with children of different ages, abilities, and interests. Suggestions are given for discussion questions, trade books, large and small group activities, and interviewing techniques — Haas, Mary Fear and Hate vs. Hope and Cooperation.Examining an Important Lesson from World War II.
This paper is a collection of lessons that examine the many roles that women played in the Vietnam War and the consequences of their experiences for individuals, governments, and military policies. The series begins with an exercise in which students read 16 statements and then try to decide if they apply to U.S. women, Vietnamese women, or both.… — Mary Haas
This document presents lesson plans and related materials for teaching about the role of women in the U.S. military from World War I to Desert Storm (the Gulf War). The lesson includes a table showing the number of women who took part in Desert Storm broken down by branch of service. Another chart shows the number of women who served in the… — Mary Haas
Through this course, I hope that you will come to appreciate that war is both a natural expression of common human emotions and interactions and a constitutive part of how we cohere as groups. That is, war is paradoxically an expression of our basest animal nature and the exemplar of our most vaunted and valued civilized virtues. You will learn some basic military history and sociology in this course as a lens for the more important purpose of seeing the broader social themes and issues related to war. I want you to both learn about war, but more importantly, use it as way of understanding your everyday social world. So, for example, the discussion of war and gender will serve to start you thinking about how expectations of masculinity are created and our discussion of nationalism will make clear how easy “us-them” dichotomies can be established and (ab)used. I will suggest some readings for you to complement the class and assign some activities through which you will be able to apply the theoretical insights from the course to your observations of everyday life. At the end of the course, you will start to see war everywhere and come to appreciate how much it defines our life. All the features of this course are available for free. It does not offer a certificate upon completion. — Coursera: Fear and Paradoxes of War
The sad truth of society, people don't listen to philosophers and arguments, but listen to demagogues and slogans. And if we let this happen once, the most awful people will take advantage of our naivety, and gullibility. — Art Stoic Spirit
Which philosophy helps us do this ? Perhaps insights from stoicism or pragmatism... — Amity
Another educational resource:
Fear and Paradoxes of War — Amity
It starts by looking at the self. The mind. I think. — Amity
I understand this point but I think we don't need be so necessarily academic. — javi2541997
I guess the point is provide to people a good quality in ethics to just develop the basic points of civics. — javi2541997
https://iep.utm.edu/stoiceth/The virtuous life is free of all passions, which are intrinsically disturbing and harmful to the soul, but includes appropriate emotive responses conditioned by rational understanding and the fulfillment of all one’s personal, social, professional, and civic responsibilities. The Stoics believed that the person who has achieved perfect consistency in the operation of his rational faculties, the “wise man,” is extremely rare, yet serves as a prescriptive ideal for all. The Stoics believed that progress toward this noble goal is both possible and vitally urgent. — IEP article: Stoic Ethics
I even make the mistake of forgetting what is the path of happiness according to my own circumstances.
Whenever I look deeply to myself I get a double dilemma: everybody is wrong or I am wrong because I see the life and the individuals so drastically different from how "supposedly" the world does. — javi2541997
I feel the world is sick and the unique vaccine is ethics and a solid educational system. — javi2541997
What is your philosophy which sees you through ? — Amity
What we actually get: Violence as a necessary evil - under existing circumstances, renouncing violence is madness/stupidity/both. — Agent Smith
Human stupidity (i.e. incorrigibly maladaptive misuses of intelligence / know-how / judgment which inadvertently do harm to oneself and/or others) is the oldest STD and is rarely treatable by culture or medication. — 180 Proof
Hey, don't give up so easy. — Pretty gal to spurned suitor
What we wish for: Ahimsa in all its glory - the complete abolishment of violence of all kinds.
What we actually get: Violence as a necessary evil - under existing circumstances, renouncing violence is madness/stupidity/both.
The best we can do: Violence, always a last option! — Agent Smith
Why think in terms of 'we'?
There's nothing stopping you or I from living according to principles of non-violence.
It gets more complicated when one seeks to have others live in accordance with those principles too. It seems desires to impose such principles on others are fundamentally at odds with the principles themselves. — Tzeentch
Sad that without a tit-for-tat strategem, good folks will be culled from the herd. — Agent Smith
We all have to die some day.
Better to die a human than live as an animal. — Tzeentch
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