Absolutist objector, pacifism, and the witness against war, ca. 1944

Analysis of the problem of conscription and coercion in a democratic society and the issues of Civilian Public Service. "Because conscription, like slavery, is a contradiction of ends and means and because it tends to destroy both conscriptor and conscript, the state -- or pacifist movement -- which employs conscription as a means is destroying itself."

Extent

5 p.

Language

English

Subject(s)

Civilian Public Service

Democracy--United States

Draft--United States

World War, 1939-1945--Conscientious objectors

creator(s)

Foote, Caleb, 1917-2006

Genre

Speeches (documents)

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