Philosophy Now Forum

I found the final paragraph of the article to be especially problematic. What justification is he using for making such strong declarations about how "pointless" nonviolence would have been in Nazi Germany because the Nazi leadership was murderous, as if unaware that nonviolence has been e...

I don't think I'd use question marks if I was going to write a polemic Spike. I think it debatable that Gandhi's approach was the one that achieved independence, as it didn't get it until the violence kicked in and, as you said, was more the result of the British being tired after the war with the ...