#47B PACIFISM

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I think of pacifists as 1) opposed to using guns, war, and violence to settle disputes and 2) preferring use of non-violent means to combat wicked and evil acts rather than violence, vengeance, capital punishment, etc--and I call myself one with some hesitancy!  While I see fighting violence with more violence as both morally wrong and contradictory, and don't believe good can come out of evil, I nonetheless see merit in arguments that if evil is left unchecked, unpunished, and not countered with strong action, then more evil will result. (Note: avoiding war through diplomatic efforts--something pacifists applaud--is the ultimate attitudinal fix. )

Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries:

values arms control efforts

prefers to exhaust all diplomacy  before considering war

accepts Non-Aggression Principle, not true Pacifist

chooses non-violent resistance when others would use violence

summary Wikipedia article: Pacifism

Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 1122

Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 36