Tagged: Peace

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...

State, Violence, and Global Order

State, Violence, and Global Order

Over on the front page, Tim Kowal offers a considered meta-observation of how American power functions in the world: True, America wields a big stick in the world.  But it wields it clumsily, taking...

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