Ivan Il''in's Concept of ‘Conscientious Compromise' and Niccolò Machiavelli's Doctrine
The theme of ‘violence - non-violence' is very relevant due to the widespread spread of various types of violence in the world today. Against this background the subject of my research is Ivan Il'in's concept resistance to the evil by force which was formed in criticism of the Lev Tolstoy's pacifism ( nonresistance to the evil by force ). Analysis of the Il'in's theory of conscience promotes the establishment of the frame of reference in issue of ‘violence - non-violence / resistance - nonresistance' and bounds of these terms. In my article I attempted a detailed analysis of the Il'in's doctrine comparing it with the Machiavelli's one. I pay special attention to the key idea of Il'in's theory, which is expressed in his concept of ‘conscientious compromise'. This concept comparison with N. Machiavelli's idea (of ‘good purpose that justifies the means') has also refined and clarified Il'in's position. As a result I came to conclusion about inner contradictoriness of concept ‘conscientious compromise', as well as about latent Il'in's Machiavelli-likeness.