Sunday, July 17, 2011

How We Can Defeat Hostility Through Morality

By Bridgett J. Chamberlain


With the progress of society today, I have to ask: how come hostility is still around? A brawl between cavemen is what springs to mind when I ponder hostility among humans. I can't figure out why folks are so intent on being brutal towards others, considering we have technology and cultural progress on our side, which Neanderthals didn't have. We consider ourselves a civilized population, and have an abundance of resources, yet we resort to some of the same primitive tactics as our ancestors.

So how come individuals are occasionally brutish? I feel that aggression, on a rudimentary plane, is derived from anxiety and a disengagement from civilization. What else would cause one person to objectify another to the level of causing physical harm? A human being becomes simply a nonentity when someone else objectifies them, after forgetting who they truly are.

Despite this, lots of individuals and associations are endeavoring to eliminate hostility from society. Gandhi is just one case of a person who has taken a position against aggression over time. These days, I imagine there are a larger amount of groups than in the past that are dedicated to reducing hostility. Through the Ethical Humanitarian Foundation and the World Ethical Foundations Consortium, Sara Bronfman has brought to light the issue of diminishing instances of aggression in humanity. She knows that by considering the matter of morality, better answers to the predicament of hostility can be discovered.

There are a great number of groups that have endeavored to diminish hostility across the globe, but they have fallen short " and why? I believe it takes perpetuating a code of ethics, from one person to the next. A lot of associations give assistance like a band-aid, treating only the symptoms and not the cause, leaving the source of the problem unaddressed.

I question what would occur if one by one, we became grounded in a solid sense of ethics. Any individual could have a great consequence on any other individual, and mothers and fathers could deliver that to their progeny. It's my belief that with some work, in the future, aggression can be abolished. I believe that a civilization based in morality can do just that. People could deal with hostility in a constructive manner, and would help prevent it from recurring. One by one, we can each have a constructive impact on our society and the society of our kids.




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