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CONCORD & PEACE EDUCATION: SUGGESTIONS FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT

PRAKASH SINGH GOURISHANKAR SINGH

Volume: 4 Issue: 2 2014

Abstract:

It may be argued that there exists, in human nature, a dichotomy of the will. It has been suggested by Eckhardt that the instincts of compassion and compulsion battle constantly for higher ground, arguably representing man's two strongest drives.' The 'rightness' or "wrongness" of either goes unquestioned. The value judgements placed on them relate only to the circumstances under which they are manifested. All men, be they pacifist or pugilist, sociable or sociopathic, display both traits. The trait of compulsion is present in everyone, and so, through rationalization, it has been woven into the fabric of normative morality. Thus, in spite of the fact that compulsion is wrong and compassion is right, it is not the uncompromisingly compassionate who are highly regarded in our society, but those who can (according to faulty, biased cultural norms) accurately assess which situations and/or people call for wrath, and which for benignity—and who have the power to exercise their judgement. Harshness towards those who oppose one's interests (individually and internationally) is acceptable and expected behavior. The world has accepted individuality and competition as a natural human trait and assigned nobility to those who use it well.

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