As I watch with dismay Trump’s profiteering and self-dealing with the Gulf States, and as well with jihadist nations for heaven’s sake, I realize that there is now an odd man out….Israel. I also realize that our geopolitical relationships have become entirely transactional, void of moral considerations. Alliances are little more than one individual’s costContinue reading “Is Israel Dispensable?”
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Consequentialism: When The Ends Justify the Means and Two Wrongs Make a Right
Consequentialism is the Machiavellian philosophy that maintains it is acceptable, even noble, to do wrong in order to correct a perceived greater wrong, i.e. the ends justify the means, or in other words, two wrongs do indeed make a right. Generally, it is understood that the sum of that equation = wrong. It is alsoContinue reading “Consequentialism: When The Ends Justify the Means and Two Wrongs Make a Right”
When I was Young
When I was young I was profoundly influenced by two books: Deitrich Bonhoeffer’s, “The Cost of Discipleship.” and Corrie ten Boom’s, “The Hiding Place.” Both of those heroic figures were anti Nazi dissidents at a time when the majority of their Christian contemporaries were supporters of Hitler and his policies, however cruel. Hitler had enticedContinue reading “When I was Young”
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