Moore's claim to fame was his nonreligious opposition to WW I. As a conscientious objector he was thrown into prison and severely beaten. Moore was a self-educated man whose formal schooling reached the eighth grade only; but he was a voracious reader who devoured Aristotle, Shaw, Kant, Hegel, and Veblen. His basic argument against war was that it was " futile and its use as an instrument of national policy a confession of moral bankruptcy." When asked, "If you don't believe in God, what sustains you?" he replied, "My own sense of moral responsibility. To accept an authority outside oneself is to deny oneself the right to make an ultimate decision. Understanding that and the consequences likely to follow is to know freedom in the deepest sense." See New Yorker, April 1, 1991 for more information about Moore.
EricCWelch
Moore's claim to fame was his nonreligious opposition to WW I. As a conscientious objector he was thrown into prison and severely beaten. Moore was a self-educated man whose formal schooling reached the eighth grade only; but he was a voracious reader who devoured Aristotle, Shaw, Kant, Hegel, and Veblen. His basic argument against war was that it was " futile and its use as an instrument of national policy a confession of moral bankruptcy." When asked, "If you don't believe in God, what sustains you?" he replied, "My own sense of moral responsibility. To accept an authority outside oneself is to deny oneself the right to make an ultimate decision. Understanding that and the consequences likely to follow is to know freedom in the deepest sense." See New Yorker, April 1, 1991 for more information about Moore.
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