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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12476)	4/27/2001 9:04:12 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

That presumes that the moral quality of the action is obvious, rather than a matter of controversy. Where there is legitimate disagreement, Christopher's point stands......

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12476)	4/27/2001 5:15:56 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If an organization you belong requires you to practice evil, is it not your responsibility to disassociate yourself from it and then oppose it? Otherwise, "I was only following orders" is a valid defense. I think that you'd have to know it was evil. If you really believed in what you were doing and had some reasonable basis for believing it was good, you can't be expected to do an about face. In the case of MT, she was doing the will of an established, respectable organization. She was also doing a world-class job of it. If you do that good a job to advance your organization, you deserve your organization's highest accolades, in this case, sainthood. That doesn't mean that people outside that organization's culture should be expected to ratify what they consider evil. They should respond according to their own moral compass. Karen

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (12476)	4/27/2001 5:46:48 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If an organization you belong requires you to practice evil, is it not your responsibility to disassociate yourself from it and then oppose it? Hmmm. Partly, depends I think on the degree and definition of evil. Must every Firestone employee quit the company because it concealed tire defects and allowed people to die unnecessarily? Must every government employee quit the government and oppose it every time it does something improper? What if 95% of what an organization does is wonderful and 5% is evil -- must you still disassociate yourself from it? Life ie never a simple as we would like it to be. Or as it was when we were 20. Boy, it was easy back then!