tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post8917582454914895813..comments2023-12-31T15:40:06.675-08:00Comments on Peace Philosophy Centre: Peace Philosophy Salon-Fall session commenced!Peace Philosopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03884294048618803206noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post-15074672279122998892009-10-20T16:53:01.759-07:002009-10-20T16:53:01.759-07:00By the way, Walter Matsuda and Tomo were with us o...By the way, Walter Matsuda and Tomo were with us on that evening as well! So the total number was 10.Peace Philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884294048618803206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post-62207057544040958912009-10-19T19:38:53.293-07:002009-10-19T19:38:53.293-07:00Thanks Shoko and Arc.
Arc, your remarks remind ...Thanks Shoko and Arc. <br /><br />Arc, your remarks remind me of what Yves Tiberghien told me... I will tell you another time. IR and poli-sci by definition put states first because those disciplines would not survive without that framework. I commend you for taking that route, because I believe at school you can benefit from learning you would not learn otherwise. I did my MBA not necessarily because I believed in capitalism, but I wanted to gain skills to speak in their language and be able to tell when those other MBAs are just BSing. Kato Shuichi 加藤周一先生 often wrote about when he was involved with anti-Vietnam teach-ins. In his observation the most active people were those in math and natural sciences, and the "experts" like those in IR and poli-scis were just analyzing, criticizing and doing nothing. When Shinzo Abe 安倍晋三 was trying to change the Fundamenal Law of Education in Japan, again those in education departments at universities in Japan were silent and inactive. What is the meaning of knowledge if you cannot use it for positive social change? What is the meaning of peace activism if it can't save a single life? I am always challenging myself with these questions. <br /><br />Cheers, <br /><br />SatokoPeace Philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884294048618803206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post-10967782574264522282009-10-19T17:37:00.357-07:002009-10-19T17:37:00.357-07:00Thank you Shoko. It's very thoughtful and you ...Thank you Shoko. It's very thoughtful and you touch on some basic things people often forget.<br />It's not naive at all. I would say it's a beautiful heart. I wish everyone could think so and everyone would use what you said--feeling happy by making other people happy--to guide their behavior. If they do so, the world will be much more peaceful and many problems will disappear.<br />Too sad they won't do so. In international relation, people still talk about "zero-sum" game, which literately means he/she feels better at some else's suffering. I think we need find out why there is such a gap: why as individual we have a generous understanding of happiness while collectively nations have a different understanding.<br />Sometimes I do feel politics and IR are really dirty business, and wonder why I choose to study these ugly things. But I also feel I’m going to face the challenge. If there is a problem, then I’m going to fix it, although this is a very idealistic goal. I might be more naïve and idealistic in this sense.Arc Z. Hanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06367432484527353963noreply@blogger.com