Moral Responsibilities

 Moral Responsibilities

They say we should not talk about politics or religion.  That shows us that rather, we NEED TO LEARN HOW to talk about politics and religions.  One of the principles about talking about politics is to recognize the principle that there is a difference between talking about LEGAL responsibilities and MORAL responsibilities. 

 

It is evident that talking about legal responsibilities with Trump is not going to go anywhere.  Why aren't we talking about the moral responsibilities?  It is obvious in this case what our moral responsibilities are (in terms of what our government should do).

 

We need a prophet for our times to cry out of the wilderness what our secular rights dand responsibilities are.  By secular, I mean those rights and responsibilities that are common to multiple religions, and also included by the non-religious.  

 

This secular list should be headed by the concept of Compassion. 

 

So our discussions on Armando Abrego Garcia (the man sent to El Salvador prison “by accident”) should be "What should our compassionate actions be?"  Then we should judge Trump's actions not by a lawyer's document that he can discard, but judged according to his compassionate (or lack thereof) actions.