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Data de Início e Hora Outubro 5, 2006 Evento diário Data de Término e Hora Outubro 8, 2006 Evento diário Local Manhattan College Bronx, New York, United States Custo do Evento see site for details URL do Evento http://peacejusticestudies.o... Informação de contato Nome: Peace & Justice Studies Assoc. E-mail: pjsa2006@manhattan.edu Prazo para Inscrição Outubro 5, 2006 Categorias Human Rights Peace & Conflict Education Tags Você deve fazer o login para adicionar tags.

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Shortly after September 11th, peace groups throughout the US distributed world flags with a photo of the earth and a slogan, "We're all in this together." That sense of the common good - that we are all bound together, living on one earth, and that our wellbeing is interconnected - is crucial to the development of a more peaceful and just world. Has this notion fallen out of favor? How do we resolve the tension between the dual strivings we each feel, to be autonomous, and yet to be connected?

In an era in which pursuing one's self-interest is commended, who speaks for the common good? Those who honestly attempt to do so are disempowered to act on it, and those who speak for the nations rarely even pretend to do so. How do we decide what really serves the common good, and how do we work for the common good? The rhetoric of a common good is sometimes misused to ride sacrifice the interests of some people, allegedly for the good of a greater number. How can we, as people committed to creating a peaceful, just world, promote a focus on the common good, properly understood?

The Peace and Justice Studies Association will explore these questions at our 4th annual conference, to be held October 5-8th, 2006, at Manhattan College, in the Bronx, New York City.