A Niebuhrian pacifism for an imperfect world

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-12-04 DOI:10.1177/1755088220978996

J. Moses

引用次数: 2

Abstract

This article considers the role that might be played by the political thought of Reinhold Niebuhr in contemporary debates over pacifism. It begins with an overview of Niebuhr’s changing position on pacifism, showing how his early commitment to anti-war principles gradually faded over time and was replaced with a pragmatic approach to just war thinking in his later life. The article then considers whether this drift away from pacifism necessarily means that there is nothing in Niebuhrian Christian realism for contemporary pacifist thought. Drawing on Niebuhr’s critique of perfectionist liberalism, it argues that an imperfect and non-absolute pacifism that accepts the permanent possibility of political violence but refuses to offer moral endorsement to such violence can offer a viable political position in current debates on war and peace, particularly in opposition to just war approaches.

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一个不完美世界的尼布里式和平主义

本文考虑了莱因霍尔德·尼布尔的政治思想在当代关于和平主义的争论中可能发挥的作用。首先概述了尼布尔对和平主义立场的变化，展示了他早期对反战原则的承诺是如何随着时间的推移而逐渐褪色的，并在他后来的生活中被一种实用主义的正义战争思想所取代。然后，文章考虑这种对和平主义的背离是否必然意味着尼布里基督教现实主义对当代和平主义思想没有任何帮助。借鉴尼布尔对完美主义自由主义的批判，它认为，一个不完美的、非绝对的和平主义，接受政治暴力的永久可能性，但拒绝为这种暴力提供道德支持，可以在当前关于战争与和平的辩论中提供一个可行的政治立场，特别是反对正义战争的方法。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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