Peter Adamson
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Remember, Baal's own brother died in prison owing to religious persecution.
So for Baal, this was anything but a theoretical concern.
There is, however, an obvious rejoinder one can make to Bale.
Suppose Calvinist Protestants just happen to be in the right.
Not only is Christianity true, but Calvinism is also the correct interpretation of Christian doctrine.
Well done, Calvinists.
You have, as Montaigne once put it, found the lucky bean in the festive pudding.
If this is so, then the Calvinists are right to persecute others in hopes of winning them over to the truth.
After all, the very salvation of those others is on the line.
So it would even be unforgivable negligence on the part of the Calvinists to let them remain in error and sin.
Rather, they should stop at nothing as they seek to lead the stray sheep back to the flock.
If the sheep need to be beaten now and again to get them to go the right way, so be it.
Admittedly, protagonists of other Christian confessions and other religions will surely think that they are the ones who are entitled to behave in this way.
But unlike Calvinists, they're wrong in their beliefs, so they would also be wrong to set out on the course of persecution.
Bell's answer to this line of argument depends on his conception of moral conscience.
Everyone is, always and without exception, obligated to do whatever they take to be morally right.
Suppose to adapt an example from the classical Confucian philosopher Mense, you see a little girl about to fall into a well.
Your conscience will tell you to leap towards the child and push her away from the well, even at the risk of slightly injuring her.
It turns out though that it's not actually a well.
It's a paddling pool cunningly decorated to look like a well, so the child is perfectly safe.
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