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Is it truly possible to have peace?

Doesn't different opinions automatically lead to conflict?

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  • 9 years ago
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    You need to define 'peace'. A debate is all about contradictions and resolving as much of those as possible in a peaceful manner.

    If we are talking about the current world order, then peace is just a shield behind which new strategies for cold or violent war gets laid out because we're all fighting for limited resources necessary for sustaining a peaceful life.

  • 9 years ago

    Differences don't automatically lead to conflict if we humans can learn to control our egos. When the ego is subdued then differences can only lead to learning.

    So I guess the next question is can we learn to control our egos? Maybe. Some do, many don't.

    To answer you question more fully we need to define what 'peace' really means and that is a complex question. Suffice it to say that inner peace is challenging but attainable.

  • Jesere
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Yes it is possible...

    Our Household Motto is Peace and Harmony

    a difference of opinion does not necessarily

    lead to conflict,

    when one always wants to be right and is

    unwilling to consider different opinions or

    cannot agree to disagree then you will have conflict...

  • 9 years ago

    Peace is obvious and conflict is stupid for some.

    Why fight when you can trade, why argue when you can chat.

    So yes,

    But theres lots of others who cannot respect differing opinions, so conflict ensues.

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  • 9 years ago

    There are many different types of possibility. You are going to have to be more specific about what sense of possibility you are referring to, otherwise your answers will vary upon this ambiguouity.

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