Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ on Nostr: Ethical politics demands a conscious cultivation of virtuous values and perspective. ...
Ethical politics demands a conscious cultivation of virtuous values and perspective. If your approach to political questions is instead grounded only in deontological rules or utilitarian consequences, both inevitably ambiguous in application, you'll lack the ethical foundation to address those ambiguities wisely, or to avoid talking yourself into monstrous positions.
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