We will never know whether there is a realistic moral alternative to violence unless we are willing to explore the potential of nonviolent action. - Robert L. Holmes

It is presumptively wrong to do violence to innocent persons.

By focusing on the entitlements of collectivities (notably nation states) as opposed to the well-being of individuals, the just war theory frames a rationale for war which omits the central moral issue...whether the massive, systematic and deliberate killing of human beings can ever be justified.

To be a pragmatic pacifist, one need only consider that large-scale, organized, and systemic war violence is unacceptable in today's world.