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http://cargocollective.com/juanamerlo/Domestic-Violence
Summary: The author Steven Pinker talks about his opinions about the progress of violence. Steven thinks that world becomes more and more peaceful. He also analyzes three major pacifying forces that are the reasonable use of force, commerce and cosmopolitanism. In the end, the author also states that the declines of violent do not mean that people in modern world are the most moral than before. There are still many problems in the world about violent. We need to think more deeply about what we can do to decrease the violent.
Quote: Bearers of good news are often advised to keep their mouths shut, less they lull people into complacency. But this prescription may be backward. The discovery that fewer people are victims of violence can thwart cynicism among compassion-fatigued news readers who might otherwise think that the dangerous parts of the world are irredeemable hell holes. And a better understanding of what drove the numbers down can steer us toward doing things that make people better off rather than congratulating ourselves on how moral we are.
Photo Reflection
If you ask me “Do you think that violence is decreasing nowadays”, my answer is “NO”. Our modern society is improving and becomes more and more stable and peaceful. But I do not think we can say our lives have no violence at all. Especially for women and children, violence becomes more serious.
Surprisingly, a major site of violence for women, violence appears in their families. According to some reports, we could see that every year the violence in the home and the community devastates the lives of millions of women. This is not about a number. This is about the lives. I cannot imagine millions of lives disappear every year. How could we say we are live in a stable society?
The problem of violence is also very severe among children. Not only are children victims, but also more children accept violent education which means there are more children will maybe use violent methods to solve problems in the future. That is also an important reason why violence appears and never stops. The reason I choice this picture is because I can just see fear and lonely in children’s eyes. However, Children should be the most happiness in the world, unfortunately, some of them are struggle to violence. I just think this picture could call people to do some things for these kinds of children.
I have read an article, which name is “Violence Vanquished”. The author Steven Pinker talks about his opinions about the progress of violence. Steven thinks that world becomes more and more peaceful. He also analyzes three major pacifying forces that are the reasonable use of force, commerce and cosmopolitanism. In the end, the author also states that the declines of violence do not mean that people in modern world are the most moral than before. There are still many problems in the world about violent. We need to think more deeply about what we can do to decrease the violent.
I think Steven is right that we should not give people an illusion that we are living in a peaceful world by saying that the violence has declined with society developed. Although the number maybe as evidence to support the opinion that we live in a regular world and people are more moral than before, we also should pay attention that number sometimes is nothing.Steven suggests us that a better understanding of what drove the numbers down can steer us toward doing things that make people better off rather than congratulating ourselves on how moral we are.
Reference:
1.Steven Pinker, Violence Vanquished, Robert Atwan – Valerie Duff-Strautmann – Mallory Moore- Bedford/St. Martin’s 2013 2.http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/women-s-rights/violence-against-women/violence-against-women-information (the survey)