Thursday, October 20, 2011

Peace and security

World Peace is an ideal of freedom, peace, and happiness among and within all nations and/or people. World peace is an idea of planetary non-violence by which nations willingly cooperate, either voluntarily or by virtue of a system of governance that prevents warfare. Although the term is sometimes used to refer to a cessation of all hostility among all individuals, world peace more commonly refers to a permanent end to global and regional wars with future-report.php |title=World peace declined over past year: report |date=June 9, 2010 |publisher=JURIST - Paper Chase }}

Possibility

While world peace is theoretically possible, some believe that human nature inherently prevents it.[1] This belief stems from the idea that humans are naturally violent, or that rational agents will choose to commit violent acts in certain circumstances.[2]
Others however believe that war is not an innate part of human nature, and that this myth in fact prevents people from reaching for world peace.[3]

World peace theories

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Many theories as to how world peace could be achieved have been proposed. Several of these are listed below. World peace is achievable when there is no longer conflict over resources. For example, oil is one such resource and conflict over the supply of oil is well known. Therefore, developing technology that utilizes reusable fuel sources may be one way to achieve world peace.[citation needed]

Various political ideologies

World peace is sometimes claimed to be the inevitable result of a certain political ideology. According to former U.S. President George W. Bush: "The march of democracy will lead to world...

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