The Place of Factor X in Friedman and Albright’s Conflict Resolution Theories-A Counterargument

While some of his own co-religionists , who were mindful of human dignity took the injured and near-dead girl to the hospital for treatment . Mary 's `consciousness ' of the humane values of her religion was high and that 's the reason she forgave the soldier in spite of the heinous act that he did to her Likewise the people of Lord 's Resistance Army (LRA ) were not `conscious of the human dignity and thus killed people in the name of religion

In a way Madeline Albright , with the help of Mary 's example , also

seems to be supporting Fukuyama 's theory of Factor -X . Mary forgave the person just because he is a human being and her level of consciousness was cognizant of the fact of love of human dignity and life without caring for the difference of religions . By the examples of Mary and the havoc wrought by LRA 's on poor people Madeline Albright stresses the importance of consciousness ' factor and supports Fukuyama 's concept of Factor-X in this way , One insight that is present in these stories and often in religious faith more generally is that we share a kinship with one another , however distant it may sometimes seem we are all created in the image of God . This in turn places upon us a responsibility to our neighbors . That principle provides both a solid foundation for religion and a respectable basis for organizing the affairs of secular society ' Here Madeline supports Fukuyama concept of factor X , by saying that without caring for the difference of religions and the difference of cultures human beings are closely linked , with rise in man 's level of `consciousness ' rise he will become able to understand this fact clearly , openly and deeply . This enhanced `consciousness ' will help , in the long run , in...