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So "doing something" means staying and shooting?
That's all that a "good man" can do to prevent the "triumph of evil"?
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It may, depending on the situation. In another thread, you talked about morals and Adolf Hitler and how he was absolutely wrong. Do you believe that we had a moral obligation to retreat from Adolf Hitler? Or do you believe that he should have been opposed, stopped, defeated?
A situation with a bad guy or a bully is a microcosm of that. Do you believe we have a moral obligation to submit to a bad guy or bully, and give him whatever he wants? Or do you believe we should assert ourselves and stand up for our rights? The bad guy does not have the
right to make you take a single step back -- and if he is going to use violence to make you take that step, you have the right to defend yourself
It may be prudent to retreat in many circumstances, but I do not think you have a moral obligation to give a bad guy anything...except maybe space for
him to retreat