Conflict: The Root of What Defines Peace and War

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1. What is Peace?

What precisely is peace? Is it something we desire or is it something we hope to avoid? Peace can be defined as a state in which there is little to no conflict on an individual level and a societal level. In times of peace there is also economic and social prosperity. To understand the definition of peace one must first understand the premises of its definition. Thus, we must answer the following questions: What does it mean to have little to no conflict and what constitutes economic and social prosperity? These questions will be answered in the following paragraphs.

First, we must identify the meaning of little to no conflict on both an individual and societal level. Conflict is a discrepancy in the beliefs or desires of a person against himself, such as a drug addict having a conflict with his addiction to drugs. Conflict can also be a discrepancy in the beliefs or desires between two or more people or two or more groups of people, such as the dispute between people who believe same sex marriage should be permitted in the U.S. versus the people who believe it should not. In order to maintain a state peace the type of conflict present must be capable of being resolved with ease. In this situation we will define ease as something done “either without pain or quickly” (Roberts, Bywater, and Corbett 46). Conflicts that can be resolved with ease are usually not high stakes conflicts. For example, a person could be conflicted with whether or not to go to the gym today. If the person has too much homework, she will quickly decide that she does not have enough time to go to the gym today. The solution to her conflict will not change her life—it is conditional.

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