• kaffiene@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    It’s not black and white politically. It’s clear as day morally. And he’s falling on that score

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      6 months ago

      Deontology is moral masturbation, a luxury reserved for those with little effect on the world. Responsible, conscious adults have to take into account the consequences of their choices. Politicians’ choices have consequences which are orders of magnitude more significant than a random person. The president of the United States, especially this president ahead of this election, has a vast number of complex consequences to consider in their moral calculus.

      When political choices have moral consequences, and vice versa, you can’t draw a tidy line between the two considerations.