Activity 1.

GE SSP 2-Peace and Development

Name: Janicah A. Cañete Yr/Crs/Sec: _2BSCE-C

Instruction: Answer the following questions scholarly. Look for at least (2) references to support
your answer.

Deadline: Next face-to-face meeting

Criteria:
Content- 4 pts
Presentation of ideas- 3pts
Relevance- 3pts

1. Define Peace in different perspectives.

We are very familiar with the word “Peace”. Because apart from being a pleasant word, it also
refers to a peaceful society and a beautiful world. Literally, the word “peace” comes from the
Latin word “pax”, which means a pact, a control, or an agreement to end a war and any conflict
between two people, nations, or groups.
The term "peace" is essentially defined as "the absence of war" in American military history.
According to the military, this means that they either fight wars to bring about peace or employ
force to keep it in place. Instead of being viewed as a means to an end, peace is seen in military
paradigms as the ultimate or ideal goal.
However, for some scholars or philosophers, peace is something more than just the absence of
war. It’s more valuable and important. According to Albert Einstein, peace is not only an absence
of war, but it means or includes the presence of justice, law, order, or government in society.
Martin Luther King Jr., a well-known human rights advocate, on the other hand, didn't consider
peace to be understood as just the absence of unhappy situations. In his view, it must also include
justice in society too as in his saying “True peace is not merely the absence of tension: It is the
presence of justice.”

2. What are the four concepts of peace? Briefly explain each concept.
Numerous concepts of peace are studied in various fields, four of which are 1.) the concept of
human rights for peace; 2.) concept of justice for peace; 3.) concept of non-violence for peace;
and 4.) Concept of Culture of Peace.
The concept of human rights for peace indicates that People cannot be said to be living in peace
if their human rights are violated, as the structural violence inherent in human rights abuse is the
antithesis of peace. The concept of justice for peace, on the other hand, relates that peace will
come out of justice only. Peace and justice are interrelated and cannot be separated, because the
presence of justice is a definition of positive peace. The concept of non-violence for peace
indicates that nonviolence is a general philosophy of abstention from violence that is very
powerful for struggling for social change and making a strategy to win peace. Lastly, the concept
of culture of peace states that respecting the role of history, the arts, and people’s lived stories is
central to creating a peaceful culture.

References:
https://diversity.ucsd.edu/about/news/honoring-mlk-2021.html
http://www.uop.edu.pk/ocontents/concept%20of%20peace.pdf