PACS201 Lecture 2: January14.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Peace and Conflict Studies
• Course: PACS201
• Professor: Lowell Ewert

Document Summary

Peace is more than the absence of violence: franklin d. roosevelt: Needs a police or military power to enforce peace: lester pearson. Ability of everyone to act: martin luther king jr. Force is sometime needed: barack obama. Education and identity formation: malala yousafzai. Girls" education and empowerment as vehicles of peace: the power of being a person and having a say in peace in very important. Galtung: peace is the absence/reduction of violence of all kinds, peace is nonviolent and creative conflict resolution. Alternative definition: equitably-distributed decision-powers are present in the production, allocation, and utilization Democracy: potential harm: necessary decisions aren"t made quick enough, politicians can manipulate people, make decisions that benefit the majority and harm the minority, Pacs101: justice: purpose: moderate democracy, potential harm: not always morally correct. Human rights: purpose: creates global standards, limitations: problems with implementation, if you"re relying on the enforcement of rules by the time it actually happens the problem can be done.