ABSTRACT
This research begins with the problems of violence based on moral teachings. Monism in a moral view represents the face of exclusivity and intolerance. It is believed that there is an ideological motive behind a violent act emerging from moral teachings. Wahabi’s teaching is considered as a radical view in interpreting religious texts. Meanwhile, from the cultural perspective the story of Kresna Duta indicates violence based on the assumption of the existence of non-egalitarian power relation among people with different social status. The method used in this research is Derrida’s deconstruction and hermeneutics. Wahabi and Kresna Duta moral teaching texts will be deconstructed to find out the hidden elements causing the distortion of the texts’ meaning. The method will also be used to show that moral monism and single interest-loaded interpretation will become the trigger of horizontal conflicts in Indonesia and that they can be solved by using dialogues in both rational and communicative acts by participants as said by J. Habermas. This research will be a contribution to the idea of rearranging the order of a tolerant Indonesian society.
