Causes and Sources of Violence
1. Scientific Perspective: Human Nature as Aggressive
- biological-instinctual hypothesis
- frustration-aggression hypothesis
- behaviorist theory
- social learning theory
2. Sociological Perspective: Some Ideologies Promote Violence
- Darwinism.
- Subjective egoism
3. Political Perspective: Some Political Theories Justify Violence
- Machiavellianism
- Marxism
- Totalitarianism and communism
4. Religious Perspective: Violence in the Name of Religion
5. Social and Moral Perspective: Degradation of Social and Moral Life
Promoting a Culture of Peace
1. Change in Human Attitudes
- Love and Respect
- Understanding and Sensitivity
- Genuine Concern and Dialogue
- Moral Revolution
- Renewed Ethic of Justice and Caring
- Promotion of Personal Responsibility
- Strengthening of Fundamental Moral Values
- Formation of Ethical Character
- Social Action
- Participation in Community and the Common Good