The Acorn

Journal of the Gandhi-King Society

Fall – Winter, 2000 - 2001

Volume XI, Number 1

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To the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Acknowledgement and Forced Confession

Trudy Govier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Varieties of Naïveté

Laurie Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Pope Paul VI’s Aphorism ― “If You Want Peace, Work for Justice” ―

And the Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Walter J. Kendall III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Personal Pacifism in Historical Perspective

Peter Brock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Response: Personal Pacifism, Another Look

Eric Reitan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

The Acorn, Journal of the Gandhi-King Society, is a biannual publication devoted to the examination of the theory and practice of nonviolence, especially as it relates to the philosophies of Gandhi and King. The Acorn was founded by Ha Poong Kim. This issue of The Acorn is published with the support of St. Bonaventure University.

Barry L. Gan, Editor

Editorial Committee:

Duane Cady Robert L. Holmes Steven Lee Richard Werner

Cover: Gaye Harrison

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