There is no industrial action in Tunisia, but the localised unrest that has occurred since 2011 may have discouraged investors who chose the country on account of the low wages and "tranquil" social climate under President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Deontological pacifists will also reply that while they do value a just and tranquil social order, and may even be willing to die in defense of such as just order, their basic principles prohibit them from killing in its defense.
This objection shares something with those defenders of the just war idea who, like George Weigel, are inspired by the Augustinian ideal of using war to defend a tranquil and just social order.
Defenders of the just war tradition from Augustine to Walzer argue that occasionally it is necessary to make war in order to establish such a tranquil and just social condition.
The next most anti-social combination (high-activity promoters and an abused childhood) resulted in only about 45% of men showing routine anti-social behaviour, while only a quarter of those who had had tranquil childhoods were anti-social in adulthood, regardless of their promoter type.In the case of MAOA at least in men both gene and environment have discernible effects.
Today Bonn, once tranquil, is a volatile cocktail of social tensions between its Muslim newcomers, who include some German converts as well as immigrants from Arab-speaking countries, with some hard-core elements, and a far-right nationalist group that is mounting a growing campaign against them.
In particular, Eastern religions, like Buddhism and Vedanta, were drawing attention from Western seekers, and the word was that they offered a more tranquil, enlightened path to personal and social change.
Certainly, there are unhappy people who go under the knife because they think it will help them acquire friends, lovers, social acceptance, a job or a tranquil state of mind.
But all is not tranquil as this English country estate is gripped by social change, romantic intrigue and personal crises.
From his mother, a city social worker, Mr. Walcott said he inherited his tranquil, reflective demeanor.
Lying in the midst of the vast urban community stretching down the Eastern Seaboard, Philadelphia is an integral part of the vibrant fabric of contemporary social and economic life as well as a tranquil oasis joining together the spirit of America, past and present.
