In a message dated Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:16:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, Doug Pensinger
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"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
> Yes, I do think that the United States is morally superior to Russia. I
> also believe that morally superior individuals are often morally justified
> in killing, when others are not.
My problem with all this is that to be morally superior one must behave in a morally
superior manner. That requires that the morally superior entity act in a manner that
is manifestly superior to the entity it is superior to. So no spying, no murdering etc
since all of those things are what define moral superiority. Kind of a Catch 22 when
you think about it. If you are morally superior you are entitled to do things that
that the morally inferior are not entitled to do but because you are morally superior
you are prohibited by your moral superiority from doing them since by doing them you
lose your moral superiority and the right to do these bad things. Must be a bummer for
the morally superior. For me; no problem.
