Sentences with phrase «problem of human violence»

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When humans increasingly prioritize reason, they can recognize the «futility of cycles of violence» and selfishness, and can «reframe violence as a problem to be solved rather than a contest to be won,» he wrote.

The reason is because violence is such a huge human problem, God wanted to reveal that we humans are the source and cause of violence.

The doctrine of forgiveness, the doctrine of the Cross as a symbol of redemption, the myths and the mysteries surrounding the human body and human sexuality, the identification of sin and temptation with femaleness, the Image of God, the mind / body dualism that devalues female life, the depreciation of creation... these are some of the problems Christianity poses, giving subtle sanction to the violence women experience.

The brutal and vindictive practice of corporal punishment can not be reconciled with the major New Testament themes that teach love and forgiveness and a respect for the sacredness and dignity of children, and which overwhelmingly reject violence and retribution as a means of solving human problems.

As a human rights activist, I assume you know the extent of the problem we are up against: that violence against women around the world is now both so routine and so extreme that the UN has called for «femicide» to be a recognised crime.

A serious - minded and decidedly adult fairy tale about a virginal young woman who learns from her brother (Malcolm McDowell) that they are descended from a race of human - panther hybrids doomed to revert to their murderous feline state while making love to anyone outside of their own bloodline — a problem as she has just fallen in love with a sweet - natured zookeeper (John Heard) who specializes in big cats — this is a film swimming in sex, violence, poetry, philosophy and swanky visuals in such extremes that it always seems to be on the verge of becoming utterly ridiculous but it somehow never goes over the edge into camp because of Schrader's serious - minded handling of the material; it may be nonsense but he never treats it as such.

The most daunting problems facing our society — drugs, violence, racism, poverty, the dissolution of family and community, and certainly war — are all matters of human purpose and meaning.

The present work is an opinion in which we try to explain some of the reasons which led to the gradual escalation of violence in México in a way that leads us to rethink the future of the country as a problem that is not isolated and whose global effects translate into respect and safeguard human dignity; start from the premise that some of the approaches discussed here are value judgments proponent, of which the reader may or may not share, which will be logically deductible certain descriptive judgments of the events of the last decade, and how these have led to an expansion of violence.

Dr. Lockwood's research has examined many different aspects of the interactions between people and animals including the benefits of pet ownership to human health, the role of pets in our perception of people, the problem of aggressive behavior of dogs, the connection between cruelty to animals and other forms of violence, and the treatment of animals within disturbed families.

The Social Justice Report 2007 examines the human rights implications of the Northern Territory Emergency Response introduced in the Northern Territory in 2007, in response to the problems of family violence and child abuse identified in the little Children Are Sacred Report.

I argue that by applying these human rights standards, the problems associated with lateral violence can be tackled through an «assertion of Indigenous agency and responsibility».