PACIFISTS DO NOT ACCEPT WAR, BUT IS PACIFISM ACCEPTABLE? Cover Image

ПАЦИФИСТИТЕ НЕ ПРИЕМАТ ВOЙНАТА, А ПРИЕМЛИВ ЛИ Е ПАЦИФИЗМЪТ?
PACIFISTS DO NOT ACCEPT WAR, BUT IS PACIFISM ACCEPTABLE?

Author(s): Neno Dimov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Psychology, Sociology, Geopolitics
Published by: Университет по библиотекознание и информационни технологии
Keywords: pacifism; types of pacifism; morality; ethics; war

Summary/Abstract: I do not consider it is likely that there are mentally normal, sane and sane people who would support war and violance in general. But violence exists, and more, it is a constant companion in life on Earth. Is it possible to change this? Pacifist movements direct their efforts in this direction and set themselves the goal of freeing humanity from war and violence. This article examines the different types of pacifism, such as absolute and conditional, maximal and minimal, universal and particular, skeptical and apparent, and finally transformational, as well as their varieties, to seek an answer to the question “Is pacifism acceptable?”. The complete rejection of war as a means of resolving conflicts, its moral condemnation, as well as the condemnation of all violence, the inextricable connection of peace with the dignity of people can be seen as a noble and lofty ideal. Are these good intentions, this lofty ideal, not the basis of yet another inaplicable utopia? And may not its practical application lead us to disaster?

  • Issue Year: II/2024
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 47-52
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Bulgarian
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