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Violence: A Deeper Look

Violence: A Deeper Look. examining violence to understand the ways love can overcome it. Any human action that causes harm of dignity to the human person This includes harm to a person’s psychological, social, or spiritual well-being. What is Violence?.

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Violence: A Deeper Look

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  1. Violence: A Deeper Look examining violence to understand the ways love can overcome it

  2. Any human action that causes harm of dignity to the human person This includes harm to a person’s psychological, social, or spiritual well-being What is Violence?

  3. Occurs as a result of unjust social structures Institutional violence

  4. A theory proposed by Archbishop of Brazil Don HelderCamarain 1980s States that “people usually respond to violence by retaliating with an even greater act of violence” Can you think of an example in history, the news, or your experience where the use of violence led to a more violent response? Even when one side uses enough force to overwhelm the other, and the conflict appears to end, does the spiral really end? The Spiral of Violence

  5. The 250 wars fought in the 20th century claimed the lives of an estimated 110 million people The great majority of deaths were civilian deaths Does war really make the world safer? Or, more dangerous? war

  6. Reliance on military power to resolve conflict and provide security “Reason and experience tell us that a continuing upward spiral, even in conventional arms, coupled with an unbridled increase in armed forces, instead of securing true peace will almost certainly be provocative of war.” -The Challenge of Peace, USCCB, 1983 Can breed distrust militarism

  7. Competition between rivals to have the biggest and best military force Based on the theory of deterrence: potential of one country to inflict significant harm will discourage adversaries from attacking first How can the arms race make the world less safe? The arms race

  8. Arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union left the world nuclear arsenal with 1.4 million bombs of the size of the one dropped on Hiroshima Since then, a reduction of stockpiles, yet-- Nuclear proliferation among nations/groups Nuclear weapons

  9. How can we respond to violence? Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. offered the following response: “The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy…Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Breaking the spiral of violence

  10. Terrorism can never be justified. The struggle against terrorism must follow the moral law. Efforts to prevent terrorism must focus on eliminating its causes. Responding to terrorismCompendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church

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