Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

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John Paul Lederach

"The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace"

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This keynote address was first delivered by John Paul Lederach on Sept. 30, 2004 at the Association for Conflict Resolution's Fourth Annual Conference in Sacramento, California. Made available here with permission from the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR). http://www.ACRnet.org

A transcript of the speech is available from ACR at http://acrnet.org/acrlibrary/more.php?id=49_0_1_0_M. It was originally published at the University of Notre Dame.

The man who goes into the world believing that everyone is his enemy will very soon find his suspicions confirmed. -- Kenneth Boulding

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