Table of Contents

Foreword to the English Edition: Johannes Ude (1874-1965)-Maverick and Visionary Ulrich L. Lehner ix

Foreword Hanns Kobinger xv

Preface: "The Eyes of the Eternal Brother" xvii

Introduction xxiii

Part I Teachings and views of exponents of moral philosophy based on natural law and reason and Catholic (Christian) teachings of faith and morals regarding the commandment "You shall not kill"

1 The relationship between moral philosophy based on natural law and reason (ethics) and Christian teachings about faith and morals 1

2 Teachings about the Ten Commandments of God 4

3 Teachings about the original rights of human beings with emphasis on the right to life 9

4 Teachings about suicide and murder and the obligation to preserve life 12

5 Teachings about self-defense 15

6 Teachings about abortion, sterilization, and the killing of frail children, the terminally ill, those with hereditary diseases, the mentally impaired, and the mentally ill 17

7 Teachings about being trained and armed to fight the duel 28

8 Teachings about the death penalty 31

9 Teachings about war, preparations for war, and conscription 33

10 Teachings about total war 37

11 Teachings about the killing of animals 39

Part II Our position regarding the teachings and views of exponents of moral philosophy based on natural law and reason and Catholic (Christian) teachings of faith and morals about the commandment "You shall not kill" as presented in Part I

1 Principles and rules that those who judge the teachings and opinions of Christian theologians and moral philosophers have to observe 42

2 Our position regarding the teachings of Christian theologians and moral philosophers, as presented in Part I, Sections 1-4 and 6-7 44

3 Our position regarding the teachings about self-defense and military training 45

4 Our position regarding the teachings about the death penalty 66

5 Our position regarding the teachings about war 75

a The Church and Peace, by Hermann Hoffmann 76

b There is no "just defensive war" 91

c Military preparedness, conscription, and Christianity 103

d Total war 114

e Capitalism: One of the major causes of war 121

f War and expenditures for armaments; the high treason of the defense industry in World War I 128

g Permanent readiness for war as cause of serious spiritual and ethical disorders of the nations 134

h Militarism, war, and public morality 145

6 Violence or nonviolence? 154

a Heroes and heroism 154

b What is violence and how does it work? 157

c The abuse of the authority of the state by means of the theory of state utilitarianism 160

d Violence and Christian churches 162

e "This does not concern me!" How everyone shares in the responsibility for the violence in the world 166

f "There is nothing that can be done about it!" 176

g The abolishment of armaments, conscription, and war by means of nonviolence 181

h The noncooperation, nonresistance, and nonviolence movements and the Satyagraha movement of Mahatma Gandhi 190

i How can the nations of the world attain general disarmament? 194

j Misuse of technology and the economy by advocates of violence 208

k The Quakers, the Doukhobors, and the No-Conscription Fellowship 215

l Conscientious objection is an international obligation 217

7 The Spanish Civil War as a dreadful and, at the same time, an instructive example for what causes wars 221

Part III "Peace be with you" (Luke 24:36)

1 "I hear the good news, but I lack faith": An untenable contradiction among Christians 233

2 Christ, the Prince of Peace 240

3 Peace Education 243

4 "The dream of eternal peace" 248

5 Oswald Spengler and the possibility of world peace 253

6 A word to all women of the world 257

7 The League of Nations and the World Court of Arbitration 267

8 Democracy as the best form of government for true politics of peace 272

9 Peace as the result of observing the cosmic order 277

10 The Anatomy of Peace 283

Conclusion 291

Bibliography 297