When do you think violence is justified?
When do you think violence is justified?
Self defense? Only on the battlefield? Only to achieve a ‘noble’ end?
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I heard a quote that has really stuck with me, it goes something like "violence is the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived"
I don't really condone violence, but this quote has really gotten me thinking.
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I think you would be interested in reading a bit on the philosophy of Thomas Hobbs and "the monopoly of violence".
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Hey, cool it with the Ayn Rand - I've lost a lot of friends to Libretarianism.
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So your comment made me find the origin of the quote. While it's not verbatim, the quote comes from starship troopers apparently, definitely not Ayn Rand.
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Heinlein is honestly just the sci-fi Ayn Rand.
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You could just as easily end up on the opposite end of the spectrum, no?
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