Kevin Rothrock on Nostr: Talking about the Ukrainian–Russian war as a conflict between good and evil is ...
Talking about the Ukrainian–Russian war as a conflict between good and evil is rational — it’s a morally grounded, morally defensible way to see it. But I don’t understand how people who frame it this way also imagine it can guide negotiations. How do you make peace with “evil”?
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