This begs the question of whether laws should always be followed, [...] — RogueAI
Does the Western world have the moral fortitude to allow Israel to take the bloody but ethical steps to defeat Hamas? — Shlomo M. Brody
Some call this period the Dark Ages. What changed the direction Europe was going? — Athena
Morality according to Churchill was doing the best he could for his country. — Sir2u
That would - or should - also apply to war? If you behave in such a way as to make enemies, or force other people into untenable positions, sooner or later you will have to defend yourself by killing your erstwhile victims. — Vera Mont
↪Tzeentch, so, homicide to defend your loved ones is :up: then? — jorndoe
If one doesn't have the spine to make hard moral choices, one should not get into politics. Wouldn't you agree? — RogueAI
That's what makes it immoral and cowardice to abdicate responsibility when the going gets rough. — RogueAI
All this would have done is caused a reshuffle and Anthony Eden would have had the same decisions to make. — Sir2u
What would have happened if all of the people in line for his job with exactly the same circumstance bowed out saying "I don't want to get my hands dirty and I don't want to be responsible for losing the war"? — Sir2u
Answer: The world would probably now be trading in Deutsche Marks instead of dollars. — Sir2u
Morality according to Churchill was doing the best he could for his country, [...] — Sir2u
It's moral to quit one's post and provoke a crisis in leadership on the eve of a Nazi invasion? How is that not cowardice? — RogueAI
He could abdicate and go to the English countryside, and a few weeks later him and the undesirables of his countrymen will be rounded up and likely murdered. — BitconnectCarlos
Someone must lead, even if there are no states this remains true. — BitconnectCarlos
But by all means be "moral" and go frolic away in the countryside while stronger organized forces seek domination. — BitconnectCarlos
And then came the actions that Russia took, which forced even Finland and Sweden to change their course. You had to do a lot to change the stance these two countries had, actually. — ssu
Even rarer when there's a villain we can point to who manoeuvred us in that situation (in which case we actually no longer have moral agency because this villain controls and constrains both choices). And even if it did exist, there's always the option not to choose. It's not up to me to condemn innocent people because of the crimes of others. — Benkei
Is that based on MORALITY or convenience? — Sir2u
Also many gangs around the world should therefore be tried under these rules, [...] — Sir2u
Is there a difference between moral justification and plain ordinary justification? — Sir2u
I ask these questions because if I had to kick your dog to death to save you I would not consider it a moral choice but one of convenience. If the dog killed you I would probably have to wait until the cops arrived to give evidence. If the dog died I could just walk away and let you clean up the mess. — Sir2u
For example, it is immoral from my point of view to kick a dog, but I can justify my kicking the shit out of your dog when it attacks you. And I doubt that you would bitch about me doing it if the action saved you from harm. — Sir2u
Instead of Churchill using gas to repel the invaders, he fills the water where they will cross with thousands of mines and steel cables to tangle the propellers and rudders of the boats. Then he sends all of the planes they have to bomb the boats and submarines to torpedo them. Then he has miles of machine guns, land mines, spiked pits, moats filled with electrified water, barbed wire and little old ladies with umbrellas waiting for them on the beach.
Thousands end up dead,maimed or missing. About the same amount of enemies that would have died using gas, but thousands more on the side of the defenders died as well.
Were Churchill's actions justified? Or were the systematic methods he used against the enemy war crimes. — Sir2u
OK, but he is Prime Minister, and we both agree he has a moral obligation as Prime Minister to protect his people from Nazi invasion. — RogueAI
Is your position then that Churchill's duty to follow the Geneva Conventions outweighs his duty to prevent them being sent to death camps? — RogueAI
Does Churchill, as prime minister, have a moral obligation to protect his people from Nazi invasion? — RogueAI
Nowadays, there are other reasons for some talk about UBI especially by Silicon Valley's CEOs own opinion regarding Artificial Intelligence and job losses due to it. — Shawn
I had ChatGPT provide me with a list of geopolitical events relevant to Ukraine. — Benkei
After all, a mentally as well as physically sound future should be EVERY child’s fundamental right — along with air, water, food and shelter — especially considering the very troubled world into which they never asked to enter. — FrankGSterleJr
Despite the tough rhetoric, actions now show how the US simply doesn't want end up with a quagmire of war with Iran. — ssu
Yet Iran did see quite well that nobody would come to it's help. — ssu
anti-Jew/Israeli anti-Semitism of the Middle-East runs deep — tim wood
The likely reason is just why Kuwait wasn't going to be let to be annexed by Iraq. — ssu
What I hope we can agree on is that if the US truly withdraws from the region, there will be a reshuffling of the cards certainly. That vacuum creates by itself a little whirlpools automatically. In fact, some could argue that whirlpool has already started as the US allies don't toe the line in similar fashion with the US as earlier. — ssu