In his 'When Peace Becomes Obnoxious' sermon, Martin Luther King, Jr. makes the point that he doesn't want any part of a 'peace' based on subjugation, exploitation, and humiliation. Just avoiding tension isn't peace. Peace is the presence of ___.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.