Peace, Love & Liberty
by Steven Pinker /
2014 / English / PDF
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There is no such thing as being 'undecided' about war. It is a
binary choice. If you re not for it, you have to be against
it.
There is no such thing as being 'undecided' about war. It is a
binary choice. If you re not for it, you have to be against
it.
The essays in this book offer evidence and arguments for peace. The
writers advance peace not merely as a moral ideal or even a
desirable goal, but as an eminently practical objective. Too often
peace activists have thought it sufficient merely to call for peace
and to denounce war, without investigating the economic, social,
political, and psychological conditions of peace. They may oppose
this or that war, without considering what causes wars--for
example, fallacies about clashes of civilizations, economic
conflict, protectionism, and the zero-sum worldview--and then
addressing those causes.
The essays in this book offer evidence and arguments for peace. The
writers advance peace not merely as a moral ideal or even a
desirable goal, but as an eminently practical objective. Too often
peace activists have thought it sufficient merely to call for peace
and to denounce war, without investigating the economic, social,
political, and psychological conditions of peace. They may oppose
this or that war, without considering what causes wars--for
example, fallacies about clashes of civilizations, economic
conflict, protectionism, and the zero-sum worldview--and then
addressing those causes.
Peace is not an impractical fantasy, nor is it something for which
one must sacrifice prosperity or progress or freedom. In fact,
peace, freedom, prosperity, and progress go hand-in-hand.
Peace is not an impractical fantasy, nor is it something for which
one must sacrifice prosperity or progress or freedom. In fact,
peace, freedom, prosperity, and progress go hand-in-hand.
The essays in this book appeal to the mind. They are anchored in
sound history, economic reality, empirical psychology, political
science, and hard-headed logic, as well as art and the aesthetic
imagination. If the heart is to be engaged on behalf of peace, it
should be engaged through the mind.
The essays in this book appeal to the mind. They are anchored in
sound history, economic reality, empirical psychology, political
science, and hard-headed logic, as well as art and the aesthetic
imagination. If the heart is to be engaged on behalf of peace, it
should be engaged through the mind.