Conflict: Inner & outer 🇸🇪
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Dear Everyone
This week we will discuss the subject "Conflict: Inner Struggle and Social Tension" in our practical philosophy group. We will be directed toward different levels of conflict from conflicts with in the mind of an individuals to conflicts at social and international level.
You may like to grab some ideas from figures like Hobbes, Rousseau,
Freud, Marx, Arendt and Nietzsche.
We are supposed to start at Källarbyn. Tuesday 7th May at 19:00. Please be there little bit earlier and remember to purchase in the bar!
Here are the questions to punder around for next session.
# Part I — What Is Conflict? (20 min)
- What counts as a conflict? Must there be opposition?
- Is conflict always negative, or can it be necessary?
- Can a life without conflict exist—and would it be desirable?
- What is the difference between disagreement and conflict?
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# Part II — Inner Conflict (30 min)
- What kinds of conflicts exist within a person?
- Are we ever fully “unified,” or always divided?
- Is inner conflict a weakness or a condition of freedom?
- Can self-understanding reduce conflict—or deepen it?
Core tension:
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# Part III — Conflict Between Individuals (25 min)
- Why do conflicts arise between people?
- Is misunderstanding the main cause—or something deeper (ego, desire, fear)?
- When is conflict honest, and when is it avoidable?
- Can avoiding conflict be more harmful than engaging in it?
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# Part IV — Social and Structural Conflict (25 min)
- Are conflicts mainly personal—or built into society?
- To what extent are inequality and power the roots of conflict?
- Can a just society eliminate conflict?
- Is some level of conflict necessary for social change?
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# Part V — Conflict as Growth (15 min)
- Does conflict lead to progress—or destruction?
- Can conflict transform individuals or societies positively?
- What is the difference between productive and destructive conflict?
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# Final Reflection (5–10 min)
- Should we aim to resolve conflict—or understand and manage it?