Galtung's 10 Examples of Positive Relations

Question 1

Presence of cooperation

Answer 1

Interdependence and cooperation

Question 2

Freedom from Fear

Answer 2

Fear being high probability of major calamities

Question 3

Freedom from Want

Answer 3

Want meaning needs remaining unsatisfied (hunger, thirst, shelter, sex, basic security)

Question 4

Economic Growth and Development

Answer 4

Resources per capita increase and are better distributed

Question 5

Absence of Exploitation

Answer 5

All value exchanges are made on equal terms (fair and equal trade)

Question 6

Equality

Answer 6

Individuals are implicitly worth the same and there are no “gaps” in opportunity.

Question 7

Justice

Answer 7

Similar to equality with emphasis on fundamental rights

Question 8

Freedom of Action

Answer 8

Having a wide range of possible actions open to them such that if doing something is imaginable, it is also achievable

Question 9

Pluralism

Answer 9

Social and cultural diversity

Question 10

Dynamism

Answer 10

Flexibility and allowance of change such that future generations still have options left open