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What about every individual person being responsible for what they say and do? There is no scheme where this responsibility can be shifted to someone else. Would you do it? Would y…

definitions: equality of opportunity = x equality of outcome = y equation: y = f(x, [z1, z2, ...]) where z1, z2, ... are possibly other factors determining y you seem to say that y…

Can we have some numbers here?

And the best one of those morals is the conviction to follow the law impartially.

It is right that democracy cannot cast moral judgement on people who reject it. In this sense it is like a mathematical postulate -- you either accept it or reject it, and if you r…

In a democracy, and if the orders don't break any laws, then yes you follow the orders, and you are not considered responsible for the outcomes. If you can't do it, you resign or a…

The highest ranking officer in a democracy is the president -- an elected civilian. This was not the case in nazi germany, and the military was forced to follow orders, regardless …

All disputes in a civil society must be resolved peacefully through elections and courts of law. Nobody can be above the law, for whatever reason. What you call morals is something…

International law does not really apply and is an ideal. The fact is that the state of the world order is anarchy: there is no president of the world or a parliament voted by all i…

What you call the moral imperative wasn't voted on, doesn't have a police to enforce it, doesn't have a judge to interpret it, doesn't have a media to debate it, and you just might…

And your neighbour thinks the same. And by the way they have a gun. In a civil society disagreements are solved peacefully through voting and clear structures of accountability so …

Sounds like a case of corruption. Military systems can be corrupt for the same reason that humans can be corrupt. Unfortunately, nobody found the magic wand yet, so we still have t…

I have mentioned this already folks. Nobody has the authority to break the law - not a general nor the president nor a judge nor a district attorney nor a member of parliament. A l…

All human beings are equal. There is no supreme arbiter of human argument. When you need to organize with fellow human beings, you then need to give people the benefit of a doubt a…

Very important point. It should be considered a cornerstone of democracy to have only voluntary drafting -- just like a free press and general elections.

I did mention that though but if you think it is stupid and/or immoral, the right thing to do is to still carry it out.

Also see the movie, A Few Good Men

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_hierarchy "strict accountability – those who issue orders are responsible for the consequences, not those who carry them out" If you are…

I doubt that he actually said that but I could be wrong.