How far have we come in our humanity?

Each scientific advance, technological breakthrough or political victory seems to foretell of a better day only to pale beneath the cycle of violence. Wars, murders, genocide - the killing goes on unabated. Yet there is hope.

Are nonkilling societies possible?

Some say "No!" and that killing is inevitable because of human nature, competition over scarce resources, and other factors. However, in 2002, a resounding "Yes!" was asserted in Nonkilling Global Political Science published political scientist Glenn D. Paige.

The important work of the Center

Paige and colleagues have been in touch with thousands of respected scholars and activists to study this question, including interdisciplinary research committees -- anthropology, science, neurology, the arts, and many more. They have compiled an impressive body of knowledge that has uncovered some remarkable conclusions... [more about the story].

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Professional Wrestlers for Nonkilling, by Francisco Gomes de Matos

Greco-Roman wrestling in sports history has a place
but about current professional wrestling: can we say the same?
With media violence being, so to speak, thrown in our face
for violence in professional wrestling, who is really to blame?

Can't professional wrestlers their sport learn to humanize
and reduce -- eliminate -- actions that cause nearlethal harm or even death
Can't those who support, direct, produce such sport recognize
there is already too much violence but wrestling can have a humanizing breath ?

That human beings to see bloodshed sometimes pay
when violent wrestling matches they see
about humanization what does such custom say?
When on Earth Nonkillers will all of us be?

The harmful effects of violent wrestling let's not only abhor.
For changes in current rules in that sport let's globally implore!

A Way to Follow Through on Your Values

Nonkilling is the Alpha and Omega of life. It is a prerequisite, an a priori condition, an ethical imperative, and a guide to action for individual and societal transformations to achieve the highest human potential. Your help has never been more important [continue reading].

New publications

Nonkilling Psychology
Edited by Daniel J. Christie and Joám Evans Pim (2012)

Nonkilling Korea: Six Culture Exploration
Edited by Glenn D. Paige and Chung-Si Ahn (2012)

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