The Second World War had proven both the untenability of absolute pacifism and the horrendous price war exacts as a way of resolving disputes. |
The logic of this argument is that the only policy compatible with neutrality is absolute pacifism. |
Nonresistant sects, notably Mennonites and Brethren, also developed active forms of pacifism such as humanitarian service for war victims. |
The problems are enormous and complex, but outside of the just war tradition the only alternatives are either bellicism or pacifism. |
Germany and Japan have, in some measure, sloughed off their post-1945 pacifism. |
She became even more outspoken in her pacifism and support of conscientious objectors. |