At a time when military policies and technology have achieved eschatological potentiality, if not imminence, one frequently hears friendly references to the pacifist alternative. True, the tendency—as is amply illustrated in some recent articles and editorials in Worldview—is still to abruptly dismiss this alternative from serious consideration as a practical solution to present or threatening world dilemmas. For what satisfaction it brings, the pacifist notes that even this abrupt dismissal is usually couched in wistful, somewhat longing, “how nice if it could be, but …” terms; there is little or none of the old indignation, seldom the old imputations of treason or subversion that formerly accompanied the closing of the mind to all pacifist argumentation.