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.
