C.S.Lewis, великий моралист

For example, one man said to me, “three hundred years ago people in England were putting witches to death. Was that what you call the Rule of Human Nature or Right Conduct?” But surely the reason we do not execute witches is that we do not believe there are such things. If we did–if we really thought that there were people going about who had sold themselves to the devil and received supernatural powers from him in return and were using these powers to kill their neighbours or drive them mad or bring bad weather–surely we would all agree that if anyone deserved the death penalty, then these filthy quislings did? -- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Да что за вопрос, конечно согласились бы! И пытки, пытки он еще забыл, как же с ведьмами без пыток?

(Хотел еще поюродствовать, но слова уже пошли сплошь непечатные. Ну его, в самом деле.)