Rhetorical Analysis

Having Judi Addelston come and talk about her class, “The Psychology of Peace,” was really impacting and inspirational. Ms. Addelston introduced her class by going over the overview and subjects discussed throughout the semester. The goal of this class is to study the causes of violence as well as solutions to peace. When studying the Psychology of Peace it is key to study the three roots of social, personality, and humanistic psychology. If we can study the three roots of peace psychology maybe we can get a better grasp of what peace means and the steps we should take to promote it.

My topic of World Peace began to develop as I felt the need to address the idea of World Peace. In addition, I selected this topic to confirm that the idea was impossible to achieve. Through a long period of research, I began to learn about World Peace. As I was studying the topic, I was lead to many websites and articles to support my claim, a possible way to achieve World peace was nonchalant. Scholarly articles, written news stories, and credible websites assisted me in learning more about the possible conflicts that can prevent this idea from becoming true. I learned how many of the

In an attempt to promote peace and wishing to implement UNSCR 1325 as well as discuss conflict prevention,

If peace is everybody’s business it is there for mine as well, and brings an influence into my vocation. As stated, peace contributions come from everywhere and so whatever I end up doing in my life it can be related to peace. If I were to become a teacher, relating whatever content I teach to peace would be my contribution. If I were become a salesman, products that can help bring peace would be my contribution instead. I do not know where I will be in the future so my vocation is very unspecific, but PACS 101 has made clear that no matter what it is peace will be relevant and a part of my contribution. The course has made me an advocate that anybody anywhere can and should be an active voice for peace. Here at the University of Waterloo, innovation, our one-word motto encourages the creativity and open mind thinking linking the sciences to religions or math to the arts. Our values here create uniquely minded students, we have science and engineer students in peace studies and math students becoming businessmen. The University of Waterloo teaches our skills can be applied anywhere we want them to, including peace. Bob Dylan had powerful messages in his songs that connected with people specifically because his words were the words of many. Bob Dylan exemplified that peace and human rights were the business of everybody; we don’t need to be anything specific to make a change, we just need

Pragmatic pacifism and peacemaking must be seen as parts of a broad framework for building cultures of Peace at individual and community levels. But how exactly can individuals make a difference? Scholars of Peace such as John Paul Lederach [Led-er-rack] have identified three levels of leadership that are essential to peacebuilding. First is the top-level leadership which includes military, political, religious leaders with high visibility involved in high-level negotiations to resolve conflicts. Second, are middle ranged leaders respected in various sectors: ethnic and religious leaders, academics, intellectuals and humanitarian leaders involved in interventions such as problem-solving workshops, training in conflict resolution, and peace

Conflict is all around us. It’s present around every corner, in every area, in every person. While conflict in itself is a consistent occurrence, the response that we make as everyday people is much less consistent. Our responses usually amount to two different outcomes: violence or nonviolence. Violence, in certain situations, is fairly unavoidable. However, violence should be put as a last resort in all conflict and should be approached with nonviolence as often as possible.

It’s no surprise that the human race has been fighting amongst itself and running into problems and issues since the dawn of time. Whether it be as extreme as a war or as simple as a fight with a sibling or a friend, every human has faced conflict. However, many people choose to respond to their problems through violence and firepower to bully the other opposing side into submission. While this, at times, is an extremely effective method, sometimes, it isn’t the best choice. A much easier way to respond, with less bloodshed and anguish added, is simply thinking of a way through the conflict and evaluating what can be done about it instead of immediately responding aggressively. If more people thought this way, many wars or gory conflicts could

We came apart so easily, like an unraveled sheet, or a falling house of cards. The ripple effect of our tears showed us that we could no longer take the pain and anguish we had, later replacing it with deception and pleas for we did not want to start this war for all we wanted see to were our trees. However, little did we know we were still trapped inside ourselves, for as many people we could kill or bury in guilt, we were deprived of one thing that we knew we would never see, Peace. That word was soon yearned, missed, and wished for our future generations wouldn't have a chance at it. Peace. The one thing a man named Martin Luther King soon hoped to achieve. Peace. A war was started that no one could win, for we had given up before the end. Peace. What people want with police. Peace. Most debates end the most violently, for neither side with accept the other possibility. Peace. What we all cry out for as we bleed, as we were forced to our knees. It was cried out for it was deprived from its rightful host. Peace, will never be conceived inevitably. For all we have now, is

Quite a few popular, yet controversial candidates, like Barack Hussein Obama, have been presented a Nobel Peace Prize award for carrying out “peace” in especially contrasting and different ways. These so-called peace prizes show that peace can be associated and parallel to war engagement, destruction, unorthodox doings; In other words, a wrong can make a right! What makes Obama rise above the rest is his “Yes We Can!” attitude, his attempts to make peace in different countries along with his own, and his journey becoming who he is today. In 2009, Barack won this particular prize for his exceptional endeavor to better the international diplomacy and cooperation between the people (Lunstead). He did a lot of rebuilding relationships and

This article expresses to both pacifists and non-pacifists that one does not have to settle for the world’s current state of affairs regarding peace and stresses the importance of active resistance against evil. It puts forth several ideas to aid in the progression of a more peaceful society through the reduction of military force. This article acknowledges that many Americans believe that there is no solution to the current military system. In response, it argues that the answer to this problem is the practical implementation of religious truth and love in human relations. It is my contention that through a thorough exploration of the article itself, the circumstances surrounding the article, and by investigation of how it relates to themes

The first three roles focus on conflict prevention. These roles look to address the root of conflict and lay down the foundation for peaceful conflict resolution. The first role is the Provider, who enables people to meet their needs which include food, safety, identity, and freedom. At the beginning of the semester, we read The Dynamics of Conflict Resolution by Bernard Mayer. Mayer writes that at the center of conflict is human needs. Mayer also points out, “Conflict cannot be transformed or settled unless these needs are addressed in some way”. The role of the Provider focuses on addressing these needs and enabling others to recognize and meet their own. Mayer believes the needs are based in five forces that are the sources of conflict. The five forces are communication, emotions, history, structure, and value. With communication, humans are unable to perfectly communicate. The Provider knows people want to

Chappell that it is possible to gain peace in the word, because human being are naturally peaceful, not violent creatures, but it is mostly dependent on human by itself, how he will would like to live in the open borders world. I would say bay Paul K. Chappell words from one of his book (“Will war ever end”): „In the twenty-first century humanity has become so interconnected that we are all citizens of the world, whether we recognize it or not. During the challenging years ahead, our planet will need soldiers of peace who understand this truth of our brotherhood, because our survival in an interconnected world will not depend upon our ability to wage war. The fate of humanity will depend upon our willingness to wage peace.” Taking in account possibility that human beings would like to live in a peace, it would be challenge to change governmental ideology also religiosity and other strong convictions struggling humans in violent environment. But I think it could work. For that point I would say by Paul K.Chappell words (from “The art of waging peace”): “To replace the old paradigm of war with a new paradigm of waging peace, we must be pioneers who can push the boundaries of human understanding. We must be doctors who can cure the virus of violence. We must be soldiers of peace who can do more than preach to the choir. And we must be artists who will make the world our

Consquently, liberal peacebuilding has the ideological potential to be described as a practice that ultimately leads to an ideal utopia which views war and conflict as “unnatural and irrational, an artificial contrivance” (Burchill 2013: 60).

We live in a world, where war is a constant danger and is a recurring issue in our lives. Death and violence are constant topics of discussion throughout the media and most Americans have grown accustomed to hearing about these issues on a daily basis. It seems that the reaching ideal of global peace is an impossible feat and that justice will never be reached. Nations throughout the world have made the promise “We will never fight again” on numerous occasions, yet the world is still afflicted with wars, mass killings and political turmoil. As citizens of a world population we have become too consumed with the pursuit of wealth and power and the lofty ideals of world unity have fallen by the wayside.

Let us focus instead on a more practical, more attainable peace, based not on a sudden revolution in human nature but on a gradual evolution in human institutions, on a series of concrete actions and effective agreements which are in the interest of all concerned. There is no single, simple key to this peace, no grand or magic formula to be adopted by one or two powers. Genuine