Reconciliation and the Future of Ethiopia
08 November, 2010 | By Teodros Kiros (Ph.D)
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our lives, very much like our contingent body, is deprived of
lifeblood central to its veryexistence.
Forgiveness without forgetting, and reconciliation, are potent
possibilities of accommodating our contingent and imperfect natures;
and when we can, we must resort to these measures. The human
self is born to make mistakes, and if it attains maturity, then it seeks
to correct them by facing the very combatants, against whom it
fought, in an environment, free of hate but replete with full
understanding.
Seeking reconciliation is the sign of maturity and moral intelligence.
We Ethiopians are advised to embody our contingent lives with the
spirit of reconciliation, for the sake of our country.
Professor Ghelawdewos’ brilliantly crafted National Reconciliation
and National Development in Ethiopia is a pragmatic outline of how
to bring the existing regime and the opposition to the palaver of a
democratic dialogue guided by communicative rationality. This
article wisely proposes a model of political behavior worth emulating.
The Ethiopian common Good, which yet has to be articulated,
demands of us Ethiopians to move beyond the corrosive effect of
ethnicity and develop policies, which aim at arresting poverty,
building infrastructures for the poors of Ethiopia and invite the
regime to address these issues head on with the members of the
opposition in a sustained round table of dialogue, negotiation and
debates.
The time is now. This precious time of resignation must be replaced
by the subtle energy of the politics of reconciliation guided by the
rationality of the heart, seasoned by experience and graced with
hope.
We will do well if we begin with Professor Ghelawedewos’ new
paradigm of reconciliation appropriate for the sculpting of a new
democratic Ethiopian personality.
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Teodros Kiros Professor of Philosophy and English (Liberal
Arts) Berklee College of Music is also a Senior Editor at Ethio
Quest News. His weekly column appears here
08 November, 2010 | By Teodros Kiros (Ph.D)
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- Reconciliation is to living as
blood is to the body. We
humans are fated to make
mistakes, sometimes
without knowing and at
other times, thinking that we
are infallible, we take
cavalier measures, with
serious consequences.
our lives, very much like our contingent body, is deprived of
lifeblood central to its veryexistence.
Forgiveness without forgetting, and reconciliation, are potent
possibilities of accommodating our contingent and imperfect natures;
and when we can, we must resort to these measures. The human
self is born to make mistakes, and if it attains maturity, then it seeks
to correct them by facing the very combatants, against whom it
fought, in an environment, free of hate but replete with full
understanding.
Seeking reconciliation is the sign of maturity and moral intelligence.
We Ethiopians are advised to embody our contingent lives with the
spirit of reconciliation, for the sake of our country.
Professor Ghelawdewos’ brilliantly crafted National Reconciliation
and National Development in Ethiopia is a pragmatic outline of how
to bring the existing regime and the opposition to the palaver of a
democratic dialogue guided by communicative rationality. This
article wisely proposes a model of political behavior worth emulating.
The Ethiopian common Good, which yet has to be articulated,
demands of us Ethiopians to move beyond the corrosive effect of
ethnicity and develop policies, which aim at arresting poverty,
building infrastructures for the poors of Ethiopia and invite the
regime to address these issues head on with the members of the
opposition in a sustained round table of dialogue, negotiation and
debates.
The time is now. This precious time of resignation must be replaced
by the subtle energy of the politics of reconciliation guided by the
rationality of the heart, seasoned by experience and graced with
hope.
We will do well if we begin with Professor Ghelawedewos’ new
paradigm of reconciliation appropriate for the sculpting of a new
democratic Ethiopian personality.
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Teodros Kiros Professor of Philosophy and English (Liberal
Arts) Berklee College of Music is also a Senior Editor at Ethio
Quest News. His weekly column appears here
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