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...

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 yea...

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

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

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.