Can we live with a clear conscience in a world filled with disasters, war, disease, and death?
Can we live with a clear conscience in a world filled with disasters, war, disease, and death? In connection with the outbreak of the Ukraine war, I heard several Norwegians I knew express that they would volunteer to fight for the rights of Ukrainians and preferably on the battlefield. Later, I heard more people say that it became reasonably meaningless to enlist in this war as they themselves would only become 'cannon fodder', and it would not make any difference other than more lives lost and families mourning the loss of mothers, fathers, or children. War is a brutal reality. There is no doubt about that. There is also no doubt that war, misery, disease, and death surround us and affect us even here in our own local areas. Most of us have experienced moments in life when the strength or endurance we once had begins to tear us apart. We have then seen that the same strength or endurance we had turned into its opposite. The ancient Greeks called this principle Enantiodr...