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Full Idea
Even the good is implicitly violent (against evil), so there can be no 'pure' good.
Gist of Idea
The good is implicitly violent (against evil), so there is no pure good
Source
Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction
Book Ref
Stocker,Barry: 'Derrida on Deconstruction' [Routledge 2006], p.126
A Reaction
Is good implicitly non-violent? Appropriate anger seems to be good behaviour, and I can't see why it is impure. Maybe anger and violence lack the control needed for pure goodness.