The essay you quoted was written in 1915, and apparently Russell’s view on colonization changed a lot subsequently, so I’m pretty doubtful that it reflected his views in 1947. (All the AIs I asked say it doesn’t, but I can’t easily verify it myself. Also, the Royal Empire Society by 1947 was apparently a discussion forum for Commonwealth affairs, not an advocacy group for conquest, and Russell himself supported Indian independence.) But the quote does show his utilitarian leanings which perhaps carried through to his support of a nuclear ultimatum against the USSR.
I don’t think his views changed much. Here’s him writing in 1956:
Throughout history colonies have been among the most powerful agents for the spread of the arts and science and ways of life that constitute civilization. For the future, it seems that mankind will have to learn to do without this ancient and well-tried method. I think mankind will have to depend, not upon force or domination, but upon the inherent attractiveness of a civilized way of life.
Which almost exactly mirrors this part from the 1915 essay:
Such wars, however, belong now to the past. The regions where the white men can live are all allotted, either to white races or to yellow races to whom the white man is not clearly superior, and whom, in any case, he is not strong enough to expel. Apart from small punitive expeditions, wars of colonization, in the true sense, are no longer possible.
I think his position can be summarized like this: he cared about certain ideals, the “Western way of life” and “freedoms”, and believed that they were worth spreading in this way. His support for preemptive nuclear war to protect civilization was part of the same pattern.
The essay you quoted was written in 1915, and apparently Russell’s view on colonization changed a lot subsequently, so I’m pretty doubtful that it reflected his views in 1947. (All the AIs I asked say it doesn’t, but I can’t easily verify it myself. Also, the Royal Empire Society by 1947 was apparently a discussion forum for Commonwealth affairs, not an advocacy group for conquest, and Russell himself supported Indian independence.) But the quote does show his utilitarian leanings which perhaps carried through to his support of a nuclear ultimatum against the USSR.
I don’t think his views changed much. Here’s him writing in 1956:
Which almost exactly mirrors this part from the 1915 essay:
I think his position can be summarized like this: he cared about certain ideals, the “Western way of life” and “freedoms”, and believed that they were worth spreading in this way. His support for preemptive nuclear war to protect civilization was part of the same pattern.