Maybe. But the greatest burdens of protectionism are the costs they place on consumers.
If you want to pay the costs of protectionism, feel free. Do so voluntarily, by buying over-priced, domestically made items. I couldn't care less what you do with your money.
But nobody can give you the moral authority to impose such costs on me. Period. Stop. End of story.
The government has no more and no less "moral authority" to impose tariffs than any other type of tax. If the government can tax income or consumption, it can impose import duties. In fact, import duties accounted for most of Federal Revenue in the 1800's, when there were no income or corporate taxes.