No one ever knows what the consequences of acting morally will be. However, we’ve experimented extensively with acting immorally in our global affairs and we’re well able to assess how that has worked out for us and everyone else concerned. An argument that reduces to “it’s too late to do the right thing,” can never reach a moral conclusion. It’s intrinsically flawed.
No one ever knows what the consequences of acting morally will be. However, we’ve experimented extensively with acting immorally in our global affairs and we’re well able to assess how that has worked out for us and everyone else concerned. An argument that reduces to “it’s too late to do the right thing,” can never reach a moral conclusion. It’s intrinsically flawed.
I am not saying we shouldn’t do the right thing, however, trying to elucidate the right thing to do is tricky and not straightforward. There are those who believe bombing Iran’s nuclear sites was the right thing to do. Maybe, maybe not. We don’t know the long term outcomes and we don’t know if this was the right or wrong thing to do and may not know that for a long time. I’m not sure the Iranians are waiting for us to come and atone for the signs of 1953 either. Sometimes the right thing to do is stay out of other countries period.
No one ever knows what the consequences of acting morally will be. However, we’ve experimented extensively with acting immorally in our global affairs and we’re well able to assess how that has worked out for us and everyone else concerned. An argument that reduces to “it’s too late to do the right thing,” can never reach a moral conclusion. It’s intrinsically flawed.
I am not saying we shouldn’t do the right thing, however, trying to elucidate the right thing to do is tricky and not straightforward. There are those who believe bombing Iran’s nuclear sites was the right thing to do. Maybe, maybe not. We don’t know the long term outcomes and we don’t know if this was the right or wrong thing to do and may not know that for a long time. I’m not sure the Iranians are waiting for us to come and atone for the signs of 1953 either. Sometimes the right thing to do is stay out of other countries period.