When did America vote for fuzzy thinking?
“It’s a personal choice,” says President Donald Trump’s press secretary, on her decision not to wear a mask at his Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally. It’s freedom of speech, says Vice President Mike Pence, defending the Trump campaign’s decision to hold indoor political rallies, potentially exposing thousands of people to serious illness and possibly death. (Never mind that wearing a mask would not prevent speech, even lying speech.)
As an ethicist, I know that “choice” does not justify actions as good. “It’s my choice” to kill my neighbor’s cat or stomp my sister’s snapdragons. The statement does not make these actions acceptable. Choice is a prerequisite for actions; it does not make them magically right. Persons must choose actions that in themselves are good, for them and for their fellow human beings. Those choices can be hard.
Sometimes the same people who believe in “choice” deny choice to women seeking abortions (even though abortion is not always moral or right) or to LBGTQ persons seeking to be who they are (never mind that they know that this is not a choice).
We must get beyond fuzzy thinking, particularly that which is hurtful, mean-spirited, and sometimes just plain dumb.
Dolores Christie,
Shaker Heights
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