Moral or Value Conflicts
Conflicts over values, morals, or worldviews can be exceptionally difficult to resolve, as these beliefs are very deeply-rooted and seldom, if ever, ammenable to negotiation. Several respondents talked about the difficulty presented by this kind of conflict, while others talked about constructive ways of approaching such non-negotiable issues.
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The Challenge of Deep-Rooted Moral Differences
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Jayne Docherty suggests that resolving conflicts among parties with fundamentally different world views is extremely difficult.
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Richard Rubenstein suggests that religious identity plays a special role in both the expression of conflict and its resolution.
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Jayne Docherty suggests in order to deal with extremism one must understand its underlying causes and the mechanisms that support it.
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Richard Rubenstein talks about common misconceptions associated with terrorism.
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Responding to Deep-Rooted Moral Differences
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Morton Deutsch explains how listening to the other can actually allow people to see that "non-negotiable" differences can actually be resolved in a mutually satisfactory way.
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To mediate or not to mediate: that is the question, says Marcia Cambell, when approaching worldview or value conflicts.
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Morton Deutsch, a founding father of the conflict resolution field, discusses how parties can come to negotiate "non-negotiable issues."
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