what is peace, True peace? What is the oppisite or true peace?
If true peace did not exist would war become peace? If nothing but true peace exists Does peace become war?
Is it true that in order to have a truely peaceful world nothing but peace could exist?
2006-06-19 14:41:36 · 9 answers · asked by Red Yeti 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I mean if true peace never existed would we percieve war as peace and vice versa?
Are humans the only ones capable of percieving peace or war?
2006-06-19 14:53:11 · update #1
Believe it or not - I truly believe a peaceful world can exist - on a world level. There will always be disagreements - it's how you handle them that dictates whether it's peaceful or not. You can choose to go wipe out a country or just shoot your neighbor because you think he cheated you.
It's about being able to co-exist in a world of diversity - of underatanding that nobody else thinks like you do. The wars today are caused by a very few men who can't figure out how to get along. The vast majority of folks from different countries that have conflicts would be more likely to be able to work out individual differences between them. Come to a consensus of what they can accept and live with.
The philosophical questions you pose have nothing to do with the definition of peace - being able to co-exist in an environment rife with disagreement. Peace doesn't become war, and total peace with individual expression could not exist. Like I said - we all think differently, have different beliefs.
To me that makes things interesting - if everone thought and believed the same way, it would be dang boring. Diversity and passion cause war.
Edited to answer 2nd question in additional details: I think humans are the only ones that reason out that peace is possible. Conflict/disagreement is possible with many species. Dogs, animals in the wild, even insects fight - to protect themselves or their territory. I think it's part of human nature to disagree and have our own opinions, and for animals it's just part of their life and they don't distinguish it as peace. But I don't think if we only had peace, that war would be peace - if it was, then it wouldn't be peace.
2006-06-19 14:55:36 · answer #1 · answered by Granny Fran 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of Peace is Chaos and War. True peace, in my opinion is a point in time (hopefully in the near future) when all international disputes are resolved and we all live in a world where a threat or war or destruction is almost gone. War is war and peace is peace. If peace didn't exist, war is still war...vice versa.
2006-06-19 14:46:37 · answer #2 · answered by bloake 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you worrying about these semantic problems? If you knew the answers, would it make any difference to you? You can't get peace from philosophy. True peace, outwardly, is a by-product of inner peace; it is not achieved by imitating a definition.
2006-06-19 14:53:04 · answer #3 · answered by walterncool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'd say Hinduism or Buddhism. i visit talk better for Hinduism because that i'm Hindu. Hindus don't have any penalty for apostasy, and those wishing to go back to Hinduism are welcomed. Hindus understand all faiths, that's evidenced by ability of the actual undeniable truth that India has such distinctive religions and little or no inner conflict. Hindus believe strongly in the idea of nonviolence and in karma, both one of which could make contributions strongly to human beings appearing better appropriate. distinctive the failings i discussed for Hinduism would also prepare to Buddhism. in reality, all religions are meant to be tolerant and non violent, yet now and again there's a organic stress to spread the religion and for some, which ability putting down different faiths in choose of their personal (a minimum of it really is what i'd wager). this does no longer prepare to all aspects of faiths that are huge-spread for lively proselytizing, very few. No faith preaches violence, that is going adverse to person-friendly moral fiber, yet distinctive lack of understanding, misinterpretation, and verbal replace finally ends up in the non secular conflicts all of us understand proper this second.
2016-10-14 07:56:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace just kinda means living in harmony with all living beings, Ya know like dont beat up or kill some one or some thing just because it pisses You off. And yes I would like that.
2006-06-19 14:48:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peace is never there. Ever. This world will never have peace. Ever. Until there is no life left , we will continue to fight.
2006-06-19 15:23:52 · answer #6 · answered by cooper243 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think peace can never exist in this world. the death cycle called war has spun
2006-06-19 14:55:37 · answer #7 · answered by •Sir Leon• 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-19 14:45:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because then there would be nothing going on.
2006-06-19 14:47:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋