Some Ethical Questions of Peace And War With Special Reference to Ireland
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Let us, then, consider what Self-Deter- mination means and whether it may not be conditioned. The principle, as a rule, is worded, rhetorically, in universal terms : Nations — meaning thereby, apparently, people of the same race, language, and mode of culture, who live within definite geographical boundaries, — are entitled to govern themselves. In another form the principle runs thus : No government is legitimate without consent of the governed. 90 SELF-RULE AND DEVELOPMENT 91 2. The Principle... Conditioned. — On one oc- casion I asked a New Zealand soldier, — who had been brought up in Ireland and professed Socialism, — whether the Maoris of his adopted country had this right of self-government ; and when I went on to say that it might be found to imply re-occupation of their ancient dominions, my Socialist interlocutor said that they were uncivilised. I have put the same question, and received the same answer, with regard to other undeveloped races : Indians of America, Negroes of South Africa, Bushmen of Australia.
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