I sometimes wonder about the consensus. One can trace bad decisions back to the 1920s when the German establishment thought Hitler was the lesser of two evils.
I think one lesson we might remember from Alinsky: Last guys don’t finish nice.
I'll wager one can go back into the 18th century and see decisions that influenced what happened in Germany in the 20th century. However, the work of social ethics by those-in-the-room is more concrete. The decision on the Rhineland was whether to allow Germany to break the treaty or not. Britain's decision in 1939 was to honor a treaty with Poland and France or not. Moral action in our present decision-making can only be based on the information we have at that time. And we never have all the information. And we may misinterpret some of the information. All those things are always true. Those responsible for leadership must act. And to draw on Bonhoeffer, they must depend not on their own perfection, but on God's forgiveness.
I sometimes wonder about the consensus. One can trace bad decisions back to the 1920s when the German establishment thought Hitler was the lesser of two evils.
I think one lesson we might remember from Alinsky: Last guys don’t finish nice.
I'll wager one can go back into the 18th century and see decisions that influenced what happened in Germany in the 20th century. However, the work of social ethics by those-in-the-room is more concrete. The decision on the Rhineland was whether to allow Germany to break the treaty or not. Britain's decision in 1939 was to honor a treaty with Poland and France or not. Moral action in our present decision-making can only be based on the information we have at that time. And we never have all the information. And we may misinterpret some of the information. All those things are always true. Those responsible for leadership must act. And to draw on Bonhoeffer, they must depend not on their own perfection, but on God's forgiveness.