Self-Defense and Violence as Moral Duty – Quote by Ayn Rand

„The necessary consequence of man's right to life is his right to self-defense. In a civilized society, force may be used only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. All the reasons which make the initiation of physical force an evil, make the retaliatory use of physical force a moral imperative. If some "pacifist" society renounced the retaliatory use of force, it would be left helplessly at the mercy of the first thug who decided to be immoral. Such a society would achieve the opposite of its intention: instead of abolishing evil, it would encourage and reward it.“

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Ayn Rand was a Russian-American philosopher and writer known for her philosophy of Objectivism.

Quote by Ayn Rand on the moral justification of self-defense and retaliatory violence in a civilized society.


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Ayn Rand quote about self-defense and the moral use of retaliatory force

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher best known for her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead." She developed the philosophy of Objectivism, which emphasizes reason, individualism, and capitalism as moral ideals.

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