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The world is sadly more complicated than that. Often people's principles contradict each other, especially when it comes to bad actors. Consider the person with
by majormajor 5y ago
The world is sadly more complicated than that. Often people's principles contradict each other, especially when it comes to bad actors. Consider the person with a principle of non-violence who is still willing to fight to defend their family. Are they a hypocrite?
- airstrike 5y ago"Defending" assumes an attacker, which is the one breaking the principle of non-violence. So no, you're not a hypocrite to defend yourself if you believe in non-violence Said differently, the belief in non-violence can be stated as "I believe in pursuing non-violent means in absolutely every situation except for those in which another actor acts violently toward me"
- couchand 5y agoThe GP's point about internal contradiction remains regardless of the contortions you choose to apply to your definition of "non-violence".