Crime and Moral Imbecility
April 5, 2014

In a perfect example of moral imbecility at work, the Healing Presence Singers recently performed on the streets of Philadelphia to advocate gun control in the wake of the murder of 26-year-old Amber Long, who was shot instantly by a purse snatcher.
ALAN writes:
The absence of moral outrage in response to murders like the one in Indianapolis is one example of the moral rot in today’s culture. It is a result of hatred of responsibility: The responsibility to make moral judgments and act firmly on the basis of those judgments. Americans were once quite able and willing to do that, and The Law provided a proper moral and political framework for doing so. As Lawrence Auster wrote in 2006:
“Once upon a time, the press and the broadcast media represented the moral sense of the community and described vile murderers as vile murderers.” [ “Evil Without Judgment”, View from the Right, Oct. 3, 2006 ]
That is true. The readiness to make those moral judgments and express them in plain language were the hallmarks of moral certitude. But all of that is now gone. What we have today in place of that moral certitude is moral imbecility. It is reflected in how Americans think and speak, as when they say that a vicious crime is a “tragedy.” Utter nonsense. Read More »