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he says he has a simple message for the president
By Michael Bowman
Washington
12 August 2009
South African Anglican Archbishop and Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu is one of 16 people receiving the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday. Before the ceremony,abercrombie, the retired archbishop and global peace crusader sat down with VOA's Michael Bowman,air jordan, who has this report.
South Africa's Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, in Vienna, 12 Jun 2009At 77 years of age,christian louboutin uk, Desmond Tutu remains an energetic and outspoken man who tempers sometimes-sharp commentary with an aura of humility, a playful sense of humor, and an infectious laugh.
Last November, Tutu wrote that Barack Obama's election victory made him want "to jump and dance and shout." Now, he says he has a simple message for the president:
"You have done quite well up to now,jordan shoes, man!" he said.
Months ago, Tutu urged Mr. Obama to apologize for the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. No such apology has been made,hogan, and the Obama administration plans to maintain an American troop presence in Iraq for another two years. U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan has expanded under Mr. Obama, and some experts question whether the president will be able to deliver on his pledge to close the detainee camp at Guantanamo Bay,coach handbags, Cuba by early next year.
Asked if he is disappointed with President Obama, the retired archbishop responded this way:
"It is you people, you Americans who make it so very difficult even for a good person with good policies to prevail," said Tutu.
Tutu had harsh words for Burma's conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
"I am quite appalled," he said. "She was charged in a sham trial,jordan pas cher, a total travesty of justice."
The archbishop described Aung San Suu Kyi as the "[Nelson] Mandela of Burma" and called for Burma's trading partners to exert pressure on Rangoon to free the opposition leader and embrace reform.
"China and India, particularly, should be saying that this [situation in Burma] is a disgrace," added Tutu.
Tutu is chairman of a group of senior statesmen from around the world known as The Elders, which has traveled to Sudan to promote an end to conflict in the country's blood-soaked Darfur region. The archbishop expressed disappointment that most African nations have failed to take a stronger stand against the actions of Sudan's government,outlet hogan, adding that President Omar al-Bashir should face legal consequences for his policies.
"The world should enable the International Criminal Court to go ahead with its proposed trial of President Bashir,christian louboutin," said Tutu.
A champion of HIV/AIDS prevention, Tutu said the virus can be contained if people take precautions such as using condoms and limit the number of sexual partners. He said denial about AIDS and the HIV virus persists in some quarters in Africa and elsewhere.
The archbishop spoke passionately against any religious leader who portrays AIDS as God's punishment for what they consider to be sinful behavior, such as homosexuality.
"It is a lousy theology. It speaks about a God that I would not worship. The god that I worship is a God who says [that] all of us are God's children," he said. "All of us are of great worth. And when someone has fallen ill, we should be behaving like our Lord did [and] do all we can to heal."
The first black Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Tutu rose to international fame during the anti-Apartheid struggles of the 1980s. His activism earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. Despite continuing conflicts in many parts of the globe, Tutu says he remains convinced that a world at peace is possible, and not just a dream.
"People are good. We have a lot of evil in the world, but we also have a great deal of good. And ultimately,coach outlet, the good is going to prevail," he said.
Asked how he wants to be remembered in future years, Tutu said as a man who loved,mercurial, laughed, and cried.
Other notables receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom include Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor,mercurial vapor, film start Sidney Poitier, and tennis legend Billie Jean King.
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By Mike O'Sullivan ,air jordan
Los Angeles
04 March 2009
Psychologist Dacher Keltner says recent studies of the brain and nervous system show a biological basis for compassion and altruism. The researcher at the University of California, Berkeley,mercurial, is the author of a new book called Born to Be Good.
Dacher Keltner says people are self-interested and can be fiercely competitive, but that is just part of the story. He says recent studies of the brain and his own research on the nervous system show that human behavior has another side. As Professor Keltner explains it,jordan shoes, people are hard-wired to be concerned with others, even with those beyond their immediate family.
"There are all kinds of studies showing that certain parts of the brain light up when we give to others, that there are branches of the nervous system,outlet hogan, like something I study in my lab called the vagus nerve that helps us take care of non-kin and to give and to sacrifice," he said.
He says the vagus nerve, which starts at the top of the spinal cord and extends down through the chest,coach handbags, is related to vocalization, heart and breathing rates, digestion and other functions, and he says it is most active when people engage in acts of compassion.
The psychologist says humans evolved in communities and that evolution selected for traits that promote cooperation. The interaction starts at birth,hogan, as helpless human infants rely on others for their care. He says chemicals in the nervous system actually make it pleasurable to give and sacrifice.
"One is oxytocin. Oxytocin is a little neuropeptide that floats through your brain and your bloodstream," he said. "It's involved in uterine contractions. And it also in humans is involved in feelings of love, devotion. If you give a person oxytocin and you give them a lump sum of money and you ask them to give some amount to a stranger they have never met, they give away almost all their money."
He says another neuro-chemical that promotes cooperation is dopamine.
Dacher KeltnerKeltner says researchers are starting to understand how these processes work, but that the insight that humans are cooperative by nature was seen in the writings of Darwin, the father of modern evolutionary theory.
"Charles Darwin, actually,jordan pas cher, in The Descent of Man in 1871 made a strong case that kindness and cooperation are built into the human organism and shaped by evolution,mercurial vapor," he said. "And he argued that sympathy in point of fact is our strongest instinct. But what I think happened in evolutionary theorizing is that it was really co-opted by the people that followed Darwin."
He says the so-called social Darwinists, like the 19th century sociologist Herbert Spencer, focused only on competition and missed an important part of Darwin's thought.
Keltner sees a similar imbalance in modern economics, biology, psychology and other fields of study, where researchers have trouble explaining the role of sacrifice, compassion, and behavior not directed by self interest.
The psychologist says religious and ethical systems have long promoted an insight that some scientists have missed. He looks at one example in his book.
"I turned to Eastern thought,coach outlet, and Confucius in his Analects, which are 2,500 years old, develops an ethical system about how we should be in cooperative communities," he said. "And at the heart of that system is this great idea called 'jen' or 'ren.' And idea of 'jen' is humanity and respect. And I love these quotes: Confucius writes a person of 'jen' brings the good in others to completion and does not bring the bad in others to completion."
Keltner says recent research into what he calls the science of altruism has a message for this time of economic crisis,christian louboutin, when we see added stress in people's lives.
"We also know, and I think this is a reason for hope,christian louboutin uk, that for the most part financial shifts don't greatly impact the wellbeing you experience in the course of your life,abercrombie," he said. "And what really matters more, and this is shown in a lot of studies, is first the strength of your social ties and your immersion in community and family."
He says recent research confirms the ancient insight that we find lasting satisfaction through compassion, sacrifice, generosity and emotions that connect us with others.
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