How can peace reign the world?

Question

Ther are many problems in modern world?What are they and how can they be resolved?

Answer 1

It can't. It goes against basic animal instincts and human nature.

Answer 2

What is peace to you? The absense of war? If so, ur wrong. Many countries are not at war, yet still thousands are being killed there. In N. Korea, millions have died in consentration camps, yet the world remains silent. Where are the protests for that? In somalia, the sudan, and Darfur millions are being killed systematically, and war has not been declared. Where is the public outcry? In Russia , the baltics, and many asian coutries such as Thailand, women are sold into slavery and forced to work in brothels, and where is the protest? I hear silence? Why? Because those places have nothing to do with the USA. If they did Bush would be blamed for it all, like the world tries to blame him for many things which he has no control over.

I dont see peace as being the absense of war. The world is full of evil men (and women) that seek to destroy others, and this will never change. So if one day there is no country fighting a formal war against another, dont think for a second that the world will truly be at peace. The human organs will still be harvested in China, the taiwanese will still be threatened by the chinese, the terrorists will still kill innocent people and threaten the world, children will still be hunted by sexual perverts, and people will still blame america for everything they can. Thats just the way it is.

Answer 3

First off peace would be boring. Instead of peace how about less deadly conflict?

Second many of the problems of the world tend to boil down to lack of empathy for others. People so wrapped up in the me me me, even if it's externalized selfishness such as fanaticism that they run over others and feel justified in doing so. The dehumanization caused by real or percieved injustice of one's enemy is natural. Few people could kill a human, but a monster, yes they can put down a rabid monster.

Some conflicts there are no right or wrong. Both sides have valid reasons for fighting and all the peace inititives in the world won't solve a thing. They have to slug it out until somebody wins or they realize it just aint worth it.

Answer 4

Well, you don't ask for much, do you?

Have you ever heard of the Pax Romana? That's the term that was given (in Latin, since that was their language) by the Romans to what they were doing in building their empire: they were bringing the Roman Peace to the world. And that's what peace would be for much of the world: surrender to a dominant authority.

No, thanks. I prefer Liberty.

Different countries have different ideas of how they should live, who should rule, what laws are just, etc. If you want peace all over the world, the only way I can see would be for one country to dominate all the others, and impose its will on all the world. What country is honorable enough, and bound by just enough laws, for that to be a good thing? And what country has the military and economic power to enforce such a dominance?

Do the answers to those questions frighten you? No? They should! America is the only country that could conceivably impose its will to that extent. I live in America, and I would not want George Bush, or anyone elected by the American people the way they are now, to rule the world. I love my country, I think our Constitution is the best, but we are nowhere near honorable enough to be trusted with world domination. We don't stick to the principles in our Constitution well enough just running this country, let alone the whole world.

Answer 5

Ultimately, peace is a choice. In a hypothetical world, peace could be universal on account of consensus among the population -- not regarding every detail of every issue, but simply allegiance to the ideal of peace.

In that way, disputes might arise from misunderstanding or accidental trespass, but they would always be resolved peaceably.

Someone argued that apart from human conflict, the world would be boring; I dissent: the industry of man has for too long been directed against other men: there are civil aims to which the labor of mankind ought to be employed.

In that ideal world, there would be no material disparity and persons would apply themselves primarily to those activities for which they had aptitude:

fishermen would fish, farmers would raise crops, ranchers would raise livestock, scientists would experiment, teachers would instruct, pornstars would entertain (just seeing if you were still reading) -- but no job would depend for its performance on labor conscripted for economic necessity.

Moreover, disparity of opulence among dwellings and personal possessions would be matters of personal choice; mechanized transportation would be universal, as would be all modern utilities.

All of this, of course, depends on the willingness of able-bodied persons to labor for a better society while accepting the laziness of those benefitting from their efforts -- a self-solving problem that would manifest itself on occasion.

Eventually, doing nothing becomes exceedingly boring, and the energy of everyone else doing what they wanted, when they wanted, would be both seductive and intoxicating:

Chronic laziness would be eliminated because it is rooted in the absence of hope for a better future in a materialistic society.

As soon as a person can have anything he or she wants, he or she will discover the passion for applying himself or herself towards some greater thing -- towards building or maintaining or teaching or discovering, etc.

However, as this world moves inexorably towards totalitarianism, peace will in the short term become an increasingly elusive aim. After the resistance is quashed, a leader will oversee the reprogramming of the People -- thus creating, albeit artificially, the requisite consensus.

And, until someone reveals what has been done, the consensus will reign: "peace on earth" -- at least in the sense that brainwashed slaves can be considered "at peace."

Answer 6

Peace cannot reign in the world everywere, only in small instances that we work hard to make. The little bits of peace that we help build energize us to in turn create more.
One of the largest problems in the world is the "information age". It has complicated society and created a growth that is not only unprecendented it is uncontainable and will only have an eventual negative impact. The solution? pull the plug (I will if everyone else does) after the resulting Chaos is settled many of us will be able to develop small communities and find the peace that we all want.

Answer 7

There is one basic problem: selfishness. i.e. somebody else wants what you've got if whatever you've got is worth having(and sometimes even when it's not).

It's that way between toddlers at home or toddlers in nursery school. It's that way all the way through school, and even into h.s and even in college where cheating for grades is just another example of somebody trying to take shortcuts to get what they don't have.

And there are those who choose not to go to school or work so they can steal from those who do.

Some just like to break things and hurt people.

If we can't fix such problems on a local level, e.g. the gang-related problems in our homes, neighborhoods and cities, how can we expect to not have such problems between nations?

You can talk all you want about differences between cultures, etc. The basic problem remains the same: You give me what's yours' or else: selfishness.

Can this problem of human nature ever be resolved? Only on an individual level...but each individual can do a lot of good.

Jesus started such a selfless movement.
So they crucified Him for His effort.
Nothing changes, does it?

Answer 8

The problems can't be resolved. There are solutions but world peace is something that can never be achieved. People crave sex, money and power far too much so they're not going to give it up.

Answer 9

There will never be peace in the world because there will always be a difference in ideas and values and as long as there are differences there will not be complete peace. Religion will never allow for peace, only God can do that.

Answer 10

Only when you're surrounded by wars and hatred, you will truly appreciate the value of peace, while in a piece time, human doesnt innovate that much, they tend to be stagnant. well, not a pro-war, but world problems exist because they need to... withough cold war, you may never enjoy internet, microwave and so much more...including international trade ( many countries is forced to open their market with military force, not a very good approach however it proven to be somehow a good go, ex:japan)

Answer 11

In the words of hendrix "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

It doesn't seem like everything will be solved. lots of problems is just the fighting alone. I wish that we could all be civilized and stop killing innocent people. As long as there are different counties and cultures, there will always be fighting and problems.