Phil wrote: There may be occasions where violence is needed
to stop a greater evil, but no good comes from violence.
Could you explain this principle a little more thoroughly? I
assume you are basing it on a belief that one cannot
overcome evil with evil.
Yet haven't good things resulted from violence? Didn't the
Civil War bring about an end to slavery? Haven't workers
gained rights and benefits as as result of violent strikes?
With the end of the last European Civil War (i.e., World War
II) weren't the basic structures of pan-European cooperation
built?
Isn't it more likely that violence routinely brings forth
bad things but also allows good things to emerge? If not,
why not?
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