Isn’t it naïve to believe it is possible to reduce and eventually eliminate killing in the world; doesn’t human nature make that impossible?

Research indicates that less than one-half of one percent of people throughout history have killed another human being. So it cannot be argued that the propensity for killing is a dominant human quality. Furthermore, the World Health Organization World Report on Violence and Health (2002) concluded that violence is a preventable disease. Since killing is simply an extreme result of violence, it too can be treated as a preventable disease.