多萝西·戴的和平主义——以西班牙内战为背景

Dorothy Day's Pacifism:In the Dispute about Spanish Civil War

多萝西·戴是现代美国天主教会和平主义思想的奠基人,她的思想与行动对现代美国天主教社会思想影响十分深远。西班牙内战时期多萝西第一次系统表达她对战争和暴力问题的看法。在这场争论中,她站在了美国天主教会领袖和绝大部分天主教媒体的对立面,没有盲目支持佛朗哥。她从信仰和基督教人道主义,而不是意识形态和现实的地缘政治利益出发,去看待人类社会中普遍存在的战争与暴力。

Dorothy Day was called ＂the Mother of American Catholic Pacifism＂ and played a vital role in modem American Catholic social thoughts. In the debate on Spanish Civil War, she criticized the attitude held by the majority of American Catholic bishops and Medias that Loyalists was evil for its persecution on Spanish Catholic Church and tradition and Franco were good for his fighting against Loyalists and Communists. She argued both sides had some evil and good aspects. The key point is not to make a moral judgment, but to reflect the violence waged in the cruel and evil war. It is Love, not War that can save the Church and Civilization. In general, her Pacifism came from her Catholic faith and transcended realist consideration about political interest.