Peace Now! Great American Pacifists

The Profound Ethics of Non-Violence in Judith Butler

One of the most important living intellectual figures, Judith Butler has, in this century, developed a very profound and original pacifist ethics.  I kept using 'she' pronouns right until the end when I suddenly realized it should be 'they.' I am apologizing to them and everyone else.

Practical Pacifism (and the Arab Spring): Gene Sharp

Sharp's work on practical ways to transform totalitarian systems non-violently has proven important to resistance movements all over the world, including in the color revolutions and the Arab Spring, in Myanmar and Serbia and elsewhere. His years: 1928-2018. https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/ [https://commonslibrary.org/198-methods-of-nonviolent-action/]: 198 techniques of non-violent resistance

Daniel and Philip Berrigan: The Spiritual Poetry and Prose of Non-Violence

The astonishing Berrigan brothers, Roman Catholic priests and peace activists of total commitment.

Effective Spirituality: the Great Cesar Chavez

A leader of the Farm Workers, and an amazingly effective one, with a beautiful commitment of the most serious kind.

Political and Philosophical Entailments

I argue in this episode that pacifism entails the repudiation of utilitarianism (as well as other forms of teleological ethics) and also anti-statism. Around 20:49 I say 'Dorothy Day' when I mean Jane Addams.