... as it would suggest that there has never been a state totally at positive as owing to human nature it would be near impossible. Reardon has attempted a less definite definition of positive peace calling it the assurance of human rights. (Reardon in Smoker et al,1990) This of course also raises the question of who defines human rights. Despite these problems Gultung and ... Reardon's definitions are not an absoloute goal that needs to be satisfied. Rather they are a direction pointing to a change in attitude to peace with greater long-term goals that reach further. ... ...

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... as it would suggest that there has never been a state totally at positive as owing to human nature it would be near impossible. Reardon has attempted a less definite definition of positive peace calling it the assurance of human rights. (Reardon in Smoker et al,1990) This of course also raises the question of who defines human rights. Despite these problems Gultung and ... Reardon's definitions are not an absoloute goal that needs to be satisfied. Rather they are a direction pointing to a change in attitude to peace with greater long-term goals that reach further. ... ...

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