Force
- The capacity to do work or cause physical change. Energy, Strength, Active Power.
- Voluntary action based in morality and Natural Law.
- Action which one always possesses the Right to take.
- Does not violate another’s Natural Law Rights.
Violence
- The immoral use of physical power (force) to coerce, compel or restrain.
- Imitation and use of coercive action which is not based in morality and Natural Law.
- Action which one never possesses the Right to take.
- Always involves the violation of another’s Natural Law Rights.
Force is always nested in right and violence is always nested in wrong.
We have a right to use any amount of force to put down an attacker trying to cause harm to us. Continue reading “Force vs Violence”