Full Idea
It would be one-sided to say that violent revolution is always absolutely wrong, without taking account of the evils that the revolutionaries are trying to stop.
Gist of Idea
You can't condemn violent revolution without assessing the evils it prevents
Source
Peter Singer (Practical Ethics [1979], 09)
Book Reference
Singer,Peter: 'Practical Ethics' [CUP 1989], p.197
A Reaction
This seems like common sense, but there are plenty of right-wing authoritarians who would claim that stable authority has priority over all social wrongs. I think that view is mistaken. But the problem is, how to know the future?