No offense in return, but can you read? Why would I say it was an individual moral judgment if I believed that I was expressing an absolute truth that applied to all people in all situations?
'Tis all relative, my friend.
Not really. Moral relativity has no validity at all, notleast because it contradicts itself by making the individual as the moral arbiter an absolute every bit as absolute as "Thou shalt not commit adultery." As far as the poor benefiting from outsourcing goes, that's very true, but it leads to an answer for your question about trucks. If I can buy one used Ford and support five third world kids through Compassion, but the three gold plated trucks will keep me from even dropping a buck in the Salvation Army kettle, then there's good I'm leaving undone just so I can have three gold plated trucks instead of one truck that's painted red or blue.
The difference between conservatives and the OWS types is that they believe that it's society's job to not only keep me from buying the gold plated trucks, but to decide where my charity money goes. The conservative view is not that there is no moral component in spending and acquisition, it's that the morality of it is between the person and their God, not between them and their government.
Yes. I've responded multiple times in this thread, right? ;)
If I can buy one used Ford and support five third world kids through Compassion, but the three gold plated trucks will keep me from even dropping a buck in the Salvation Army kettle, then there's good I'm leaving undone just so I can have three gold plated trucks instead of one truck that's painted red or blue.
What if you can get by with less then the used Ford and help 10 kids in a 3rd world country? The Communist would call you greedy. In their world, anything more then meeting a need is greed.