“The Moral Equivalent of War” | William James | Philosophers Explained | Stephen Hicks

Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour.

In this episode, Dr. Hicks discusses James' argument that militarists offer a vitality and direction to a nation and the pacifists need to find an equivalent mission.

Timestamps:

00:57 The text
06:36 "History is a bath of blood."
08:36 We inherit the war-like type
11:51 Pacifism
13:38 The higher aspect of the militaristic sentiment
17:14 "War is an absolute good."
19:58 Nations are never stationary
22:43 "War is an ordeal instituted by God."
24:39 Pacifists must take these arguments seriously
25:53 Pacifists need a moral equivalent of war
29:14 The service to the collectivity
33:13 Conscription of youth
36:59 We should be owned
Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

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