Tagged: Max Scheler

Pacifism: Its Moral Value and Insufficiency

Pacifism: Its Moral Value and Insufficiency

As an action aimed at social betterment, pacifism–the refusal to return violence with violence–almost always fails miserably.  In his essay “Non-violent Man and History,” philosopher Paul Ricoeur, himself a pacifist, shined a light on...

Echoes on the Road

Echoes on the Road

“Only man as a living being introduces law and order into nature, not from a rational, but from a biological necessity (that is, in order to be able to act) by virtue of the...

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