This may involve the elimination of oppression, improved sharing of resources, and the non-violent resolution of conflict between groups of people. Each of these actions reinforces the other. In other words, transformation of personal relationships facilitates the transformation of social systems and systemic changes facilitate personal transformation. Key to both kinds of transformation are truth, justice, and mercy, as well as empowerment and interdependence. Peace and Justice Peace and justice are both very abstract terms that mean different things to different people.
Some people think justice is primary and peace is secondary.
This debate is reiterated in the oft-heard debate between activists and advocates on the one hand, and mediators on the other. This dichotomy is a false one, Lederach asserts. Drawing from diagram in Making Peace by Adam Curle, Lederach suggests that advocacy and activism are the approaches of choice in situations where power is unbalanced and the awareness of the conflict is relatively low. Once this is done, then mediators can take over to enable the parties to negotiate successfully to obtain both peace and justice simultaneously. Peace, Justice, Truth, and Mercy Just as justice and peace are often seen as being in opposition to each other, so are justice and mercy.