The Ability To Kill

In a world full of irrationalists, a rationalist needs to be not only as they can be to put into words the necessary truths that refute their ideas, but to be ready to physically defend themselves from non-rationalists who think their whims entitle them to treat others however they want.  It is vital to everyone's safety to be physically able, when applicable, and psychologically prepared to kill whatever non-rationalist will succumb enough to the irrationality of emotionalism and egoism that they carry out the worst interpersonal offenses.  At the same time, it is ideal that rationalists would never once have to kill for self-defense or justice, yet the stupidity of those who refuse or ignore rationalism makes this necessary.  To be able to kill does not mean that one is eager to kill or that someone lacks the self-control to keep from doing what those worthy of death would practice, though plenty of people not need to control themselves because this is not a temptation for them.

Outright ending the lives of every single non-rationalist is of course the supreme utilitarian manner of improving the world, though almost no utilitarians, if any, seem to realize this.  It is nonetheless not rational to carry this greatest of genocides out (greatest both in terms of its scope and its morally charged removal of genuinely inferior people), for not deserving to exist is not always the same as deserving to be actively, directly killed by fellow humans, and neither the approval of conscience nor desire proves that such a killing would be morally permissible.  All the same, all rationalists, as much as they are physically able, have reason to be prepared to kill those whose stupidity makes them enemies of truth and willing to treat others only as their emotions or cultures would lead them to.

The most egregious of cruelties are only a whim away from an emotionalist's support.  If only they have the means to do as they wish, they will almost certainly act on their assumptions and hypocrisies.  Even if a rationalist wanted to murder or assault or do some other unjust thing to such a person, he or she, if they are consistent with their valid worldview, would refrain from acting on subjective impulses like those of mere conscience.  They know or are capable of knowing that their desires do not make something morally good or bad, and they can restrain themselves accordingly, even if it is difficult.  Non-rationalists do not have this knowledge or they do not care about this or any truth.  They are ruled by arbitrary beliefs and emotions, which they allow to lead them to the assumptions and contradictions they confuse for knowledge and truth respectively.  They neglect reason even as they inevitably rely on it.

Whatever their form of delusion, there is no non-rationalist that is actually rational, and thus there is no non-rationalist that is able to genuinely be on the right side of logic or morality.  Even if they were to know of an important truth, they would only acknowledge or submit to it when it appeases their feelings or preferences, or when it benefits them.  They are the reason why things like kidnapping, rape, and even greater kinds of cruelty are perpetrated, either because they think that whatever they want to do is permissible or because they do not care.  They disregard everything from the necessary truths of logic to the just treatment of anyone they are not subjectively attached to.

As long as they feel or want something to be true or just, they will believe it or carry it out.  Rationalists most importantly have the superiority of intentional alignment with reason, but they also need to be, whenever possible, prepared and able to end the lives of any non-rationalist who crosses the threshold to a capital sin.  It is not irrational to have no desire to kill or to lament the need for non-rationalists to ultimately perish.  Not everyone is able to easily take a life even in self-defense.  This is not what reason and justice demand of them.  What is necessary is that they do not oppose killing on emotionalistic or otherwise fallacious grounds and that they affirm the need for some rationalists to have the ability to kill, whether or not they have the desire.