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%CONFLICT OF PURPOSE DIFFERENCES VIOLENCE+790529
%ALIENATION MISUNDERSTAND CRIME FRUSTRATION+790529
%ANGER FEAR SIN COMPETE COOPERATE 790529
Some conflict originates at great depths of human
differences---even at the depth of whether or not it is
good to reduce conflict, violence, alienation,
misunderstanding, crime, frustration, anger, fear,
competition, and waste. When people take conflicting
purposes for granted as being obviously desirable---the
source of their conflict is not evident---and will
baffle/frustrate them if they wish to reduce conflict.
When it is evident to participants that they are in
conflict, and over what they are in conflict, they may
deal with their conflict openly---even if tragically and
in violent ways. When participants in a conflict are
within it taking for granted that they share common
purposes (when they do not) then their conflict can be
particularly perverted. Such hidden conflict can be
particularly destructive.
When people are engaged in open conflict they have
the option of recognizing that violent means of resolution
may be mutually disadvantageous---and discover that it is
to their mutual advantage to structure cooperative ways to
resolve the conflict. They may recognize that adopting
the stance of winning at the cost of the opponent---will
lead to a less satisfactory outcome---than adopting the
stance that winning may involve the opponent coming out
ahead also. The purpose may shift from defeating,
punishing, excommunicating, destroying, or otherwise
harming the opponent; and move in the direction of
maximizing mutual awareness, understanding, dialogue,
cooperation, problem solving, dilemma resolution and
conflict resolution. Thus the open recognition of the
existence of and the nature of conflict may be the first
step to resolving it.
When people are engaged in conflict which is
hidden---they can not cooperate in finding ways to resolve
the conflict to their mutual advantage. Cooperation in
conflict resolution is possible only to the extent that
there in mutual awareness, understanding, and dialogue
regarding differences in ultimate purposes which may
occasion conflict. To pretend that there is no conflict
is to inhibit such essential mutuality. The person whose
ultimate purpose is to maintain the appearance there is no
conflict---can in an ultimate way block the possibility of
resolving conflict which is generating great frustration,
alienation, misunderstanding, crime, anger, fear,
violence, sin, alienation, and waste.
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