Here
are a few thoughts that have been collected to date........
- Root
causes of violence are recognized and addressed
- Few
people are hungry or without adequate clothing, or without
shelter.
- Universal
Human Rights are respected by all cultures.
- Diversity
is valued highly.
- We
are quick to recognize injustice and rally together to
seek restorative justice.
- Violence
is abhorred and has been extended beyond physical violence to
include emotional, verbal, written, economic, and ecological violence...more.
- Violence
is no longer "glamorized" in movies, TV, or videogames
- media overexposure is recognized as having a desensitizing
effect on the human consciousness.
- Heroes
are people who choose nonviolence.
- Conflict
Management Skills are widely known and used in everyday living.
- We
provide "inoculations against violence" early
in a child's life by providing social skill education
that can
be used to recognize conflict situations, to recognize
we have choices in a conflict situation
- many of these choices are nonviolent, and
- nonviolent choices are generally in everyone's
best
interest.
- Unresolved
conflicts are identified in early stages so these
situations can be managed before escalating to violence.
- The
family, the surrounding community, and the world community
provide the enabling framework within which disputants
are expected to manage their conflict nonviolently.
- Conflict
(i.e. different ways of looking at the same important issue)
is perceived as an opportunity to exchange
viewpoints, to learn about another perspective, and to become
better educated.
For
a more
detailed vision of a Better World, please visit
Dr.
Robert Muller's Web Site or
review his
4000
Ideas and Dreams for a Better World
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