War and murder

In Ethics, Religion and Politics: Collected Philosophical Papers, Volume 3. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 51-61 (1981)
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Abstract

Two attitudes are possible: one, that the world is an absolute jungle and that the exercise of coercive power by rulers is only a manifestation of this; and the other, that it is both necessary and right that there should be this exercise of power, that through it the world is much less of a jungle than it could possibly be without it, so that one should in principle be glad of the existence of such power, and only take exception to its unjust exercise.

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