Friday, August 7, 2015

VDH: "History's Complexity Should Discourage Retroactive Morality."

"Instead, history is tragedy. It is complex. Moral assessments are dicey. With some humility, we must balance past and current ethical standards, as well as the elements of the good and the bad present in every life. And we must avoid cheap, politicized moralizing that often tells us more about the ethics and ignorance of today's grand inquisitors than the targets of their inquisitions."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Chuck Schumer to Defy Obama, Oppose Iran Deal

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/08/06/schumer-to-defy-obama-oppose-iran-deal/

Sean said...

O would some power the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as others see us...Robert Burns.

Anonymous said...

The people who want to bury history are those who seek to repeat it.

Anonymous said...

Chuck the gun grabbing Smuck Schumer fist alliance is always, was with the state of Israel. Not America and our people. And he takes his marching orders from AIPAC. Our so-called greatest ally in the mid east .Bull shit. Still waiting to see those 134 squibs avenged for their wrongful deaths. By Israeli aircraft and gunboats. Of the coast of Israel ,during the 6 day war. Those same allies, who sold Red China. The plans to the A-Bomb. That Jonathon Pollard stole ,while working @ Los Alamos N.M. Hear he's being released in November. So much for Treason. By the way Red China gave their toady lackey's North Korea ,those plans. Talk about Trading with the Enemy!!! Behind enemy lines. In Unconstitutional, collectivist ,Ct. I will never comply ,nor stand down. AAA/O.11B20.