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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Internet Users for Nonkilling: A Plea, by Francisco Gomes de Matos

Readers are asked to create and share their rhymed reflections on the global issue dealt with here.

Since 1990, by the Internet human communication has been revolutionized
But have the multiple uses of that medium helped Humankind be deeply humanized

These days, warnings are being disseminated about Cyber Stalking
What is being done educationally to help Internet users dignify their talking

What roles can Internet play in promoting and supporting
communicatively healthy behavior?
How can Internet Linguistics and Internet Psychology help prepare a
new type of Internet humanizer: a communicative savior?

Such promoters of communicative-peace would help or rescue people from
communicative harm
and change communicative opponents into mutually-respectful beings who
can imagine they are arm in arm

How can Internet Communication help promote, support and sustain
relational dignity?
By avoiding, reducing, overcoming language uses that may lead to
communicative lethality

How can Internet Education serve Humankind´s need for individual and
global peace?
How can interdisciplinary research on uses of Internet cause most
types of conflict to cease?

How will users of Internet in these challenging time times be able
to help improve the life of Humankind?
By creating Peace, Nonviolence, Nonkilling in all kinds of interaction
and by prioritizing peace of mind

How will uses of the Internet help build global spiritual devotion?
How will Internet users learn to avoid killing all kinds of emotion?

Do add your reflections and the Internet positively learn to perceive
So that individually and collectively the humanizing benefits of that
technology all will receive.

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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