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 THE ATTITUDINAL FIX  MENTALITY / PACIFISM

In looking for solutions to problems, whether they be pressing societal problems or those causing minor human inconvenience, I look first to changing human attitudes and associated behaviors. This is done through education, drawing heavily on existing social infrastructure and institutions. It is in the ability of people to come together in a spirit of co-operation in an atmosphere of learning constructively from each other, sharing worldviews, articulating values and goals, and finding mutually acceptable non-technology (or soft technology) based solutions, that I put my faith and trust. (Note: avoiding war through diplomatic efforts is the ultimate attitudinal fix. Pacifists oppose using guns, war, and violence to settle disputes.)

Related Words, Beliefs, Background -- 55 entries

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #47A: The Attitudinal Fix Mentality

Attitude (from online encyclopedia)
Attitude Change (from online encyclopedia) 
Attitudinal Fix (from online encyclopedia)
Conflict Resolution (from online encyclopedia)
Mediation (from online encyclopedia)
Diplomacy  (from online encyclopedia)
Getting to Yes, by Fisher, Ury & Patton  (book about win-win outcomes based on Harvard Negotiation Project work)
Information on More Constructive Approaches to Difficult and Intractable Conflicts
Bridge Builders (organization devoted to "helping communities find the common ground")
Attitude Change Approach (based on Yale University work, posted on Changing Minds website)
Attitudes Drive Behavior (online for West Virginia University communications course)
Search for Common Ground (organization working to transform the way the world deals with conflict)
Conflict Transformation and Peace Building--Links
Reconceptualizing Environmental Conflict Resolution, by Emmet P. Fiske (from Washington State University)
A Strategy for Dealing with Intractable Environmental Conflicts, by Guy Burgess & Heidi Burgess
The National Center for Conflict Resolution Education
Conflict Management Skills, by Gregorio Billikopf  (from UC Berkeley website)
The Art in Peacemaking (download NEA 87 page booklet about conflict resolution education and art programs)
U.S. Institute of Peace
Changing minds.org (claims to be "the largest site in the world on all aspects of how we change one another's minds.)
Council on Foreign Relations (a non-partisan resource for information and analysis)
The Challenge of Cultural Relativism, by James Rachels (1993 essay)
Institute for Multi-track Diplomacy
"Chainsaw Diplomacy," by Peter Beinart (article about US foreign policy in Time March 31 2008)
Pathways to Peace (an organization devoted to peace-building) 
Buddhist Technology: Bringing a New Consciousness to Our Technological Future, by Arthur Zajonc
Biotechnology, Biopiracy, and the Mentality of Science
quotes related to diplomacy
quotes related to attitude

More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #47B: Pacifism

Pacifism  (from online encyclopedia)
Pacifism  (from Importance of Philosophy website)
Arms Control (from online encyclopedia)
Peace Churches (about Christian churches founded on this, article from online encyclopedia)
Links to Organizations, Events Connected with Peace, Pacifism, Non-Violence (from US Pacifist party website)
Nonviolent Links: The Best Peace Sites on the Net (from nonviolence.org)
Pre-emptive Strike for Peace  (Christian perspective)
The Paradox of War and Pacifism, by Mark Clark  (Christian perspective)
Pacifism and the War, by George Orwell (classic essay)
War and Pacifism  (atheist perspective)
Islam, Peace, Non-violence -- A selected Bibliography
Pacifism and Quakers
Peace and Related Social Concerns Links  (from quaker.org)
Nonviolence -- The Only Hope  (from the Gandhi Institute)
The Quest for Peace and Justice, by Martin Luther King, Jr. (classic 1964 Nobel Prize speech)
Practical Pacifism (info about book by Andrew Fiala)
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress, by Howard Zinn (2007 book, includes "Pacifism & War" chapter)
antiwar.com (source for anti-war news, viewpoints and news)
The War Resister's International Website
"The Right War," by Ban Ki-moon (UN chief links peace w/ green policies in Time April 28, 2008 article)
"A Piece of Our Time," by Richard Lacayo (article celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the peace symbol)
quotes related to peace
quotes related to war and pacifism

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