Disasters in the Modern Age

Topic: Disasters in the Modern Age
            In the japan there are two disasters:
-          First is The East Japan Earth quake that affected too many people died and missed on this event.
-          Second is The Nuclear Power Crisis, in the same after the earth quake the Nuclear Power Crisis had destroyed and it affected to Japanese. To the Human are health and some people get cancer.
It is the natural disaster that no one had thought that it could happen on this area. It is like the accident, no know it before. It let people died and some are very dangerous to live.
-          For Man-made-disaster, for example like war massacre. All are the System of disaster to the victims.
-          Like the Thoughtlessness “Could not look beyond the tip of his noses”. It means that no know what will happened in the future. It is an accident, no one could escape from, no one knows it fist.
-          The question is “Dose it the Evil? Why?” yes, it is evil, because it let people died, injure, missing it very sock to see that.
-          In the point, For me I think it evil but because of people that destroyed the nature first so it the Kama for them that try get benefit from nature kill all the tree and the natural resource until not on the earth. It is equal for me.
-          For Science, they try to explanation the cause and effect in logic about the bad situation the nature. They want to understand what is happened? Why? And they try to find the suitable solution for human.  
-          For the Philosopher, they rewrite the human is experience and the lesson about human vs. nature.

Topic: Philosophy practices in Peace-Building and Sustainable Development   (Dr. Partor Harthteloth)

-          Peace is a state of harmony characterized by the lack of violent conflicts.
-          Peace is freedom
-          War is sweet for those things
Earsmus ‘Arguments against war’
-          War is wicked and foolish(1488)
-          War is a disaster men to animals (1509)
-          War is not concord with religion (1509)
-          War is explained by a (deviating) human development.
-          Peace as source of happiness, security and prosperity (1516)
-          Peace is harmony and concord (1516)
For Aristotle on friend ship
-          Friendship is source of peace in the social interactions.
There are three kinds:
-          Utilitarian
-          Pleasure
-          Virtue
-          Friendship = sympathy, openness, truth and wisdom.
For Socratic Method is
-          Education purpose
-          Practical by nature
-          Applied and personal
-          Shaping attitudes, building.

Topic: Buddhism in Cambodia Perspectives on Sustainable Development       
Buddhism was brought from India for long period ages.  Can Buddhist Philosophy, Principles contribute and put into practical way.
The main aspects of sustainable Development:
-          Economic
-          Environment
-          Politicalizing
-          Social
-          Politics  
Buddhist respective sustainable development
-          Noble Middle path ( Buddha’s Teaching)
-          Right thought
-         Right Livelihood
Balancing
-          Accumulating wealth and Giving wealth
-          Developing oneself and Developing Society as the whole.
Challenges on Sustain Development
-          Scientific perspectives: There are two Materialistic and Technological.
-          Religious perspectives: There are two Moral and Spiritual.
Topic: Philosophy in Peace (Re) building in Cambodia
-          What philosophy can do?  
Now we are living in the world that
-          Human violence against Animal
-          Human violence against Nature
-          Human violence against Human
So peace building seems to be and less effort.
1.      Social, political and legal approaches to peace building.
2.      Philosophical perspective.
Critical thinking defined    
It will promote a person is intellectual quality to discover and overcome his, her own prejudices of biases. It is because the mind itself principle, when one realizes the value of peace, one will have an aim to conserver it and promote it.
-          Human need and values.