Sarah Winchester and the Nature of Human Violence
Why has history burdened one woman with the weight of the world’s guilt?
Guns, as objects, don’t kill anyone. They are simply artifacts, right? Their use, whether for good or bad, must be put into effect by an individual human being acting on their own purposes.
By itself, a gun just sits there. If a gun is discharged accidentally, it typically occurs due to someone neglecting to handle its mechanism.
The main factor contributing to acts of violence is the choice and intention of the person carrying out the action.
The ethical dilemma surrounding the issue of violence, as well as the exploration of where the guilt lies, vividly persists today, seeking answers and is likely to remain unresolved forever.
If you think that the choice of violence lies in one person’s hands, your thoughts likely turn instinctively to some form of weapon.
It’s no surprise, then, that a central figure in attempts to explain the nature of human violence is Sarah Winchester — a woman whose last name is deeply intertwined with the themes of violence and death.
She is haunting us still today, the presence of Sarah Winchester, a woman whose life we see as a lingering guilt associated with…
