Posted on 11/27/2020 6:30:45 AM PST by karpov
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With some exceptions, governments have made great efforts to put the well-being of their people first, acting decisively to protect health and to save lives. The exceptions have been some governments that shrugged off the painful evidence of mounting deaths, with inevitable, grievous consequences. But most governments acted responsibly, imposing strict measures to contain the outbreak.
Yet some groups protested, refusing to keep their distance, marching against travel restrictions — as if measures that governments must impose for the good of their people constitute some kind of political assault on autonomy or personal freedom! Looking to the common good is much more than the sum of what is good for individuals. It means having a regard for all citizens and seeking to respond effectively to the needs of the least fortunate.
It is all too easy for some to take an idea — in this case, for example, personal freedom — and turn it into an ideology, creating a prism through which they judge everything.
The coronavirus crisis may seem special because it affects most of humankind. But it is special only in how visible it is. There are a thousand other crises that are just as dire, but are just far enough from some of us that we can act as if they don’t exist. Think, for example, of the wars scattered across different parts of the world; of the production and trade in weapons; of the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing poverty, hunger and lack of opportunity; of climate change. These tragedies may seem distant from us, as part of the daily news that, sadly, fails to move us to change our agendas and priorities. But like the Covid-19 crisis, they affect the whole of humanity.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Yes, we should try to reduce the number of people who die of covid, but people die of many causes, and you should ignore trade-offs. Government-imposed lockdowns *do* reduce autonomy and personal freedom.
> Looking to the common good... <
Communists love that phrase.
Just sayin’.
Pope Soros
He’s not called the Dictator Pope for nothing.
The NYT likes the Pope.
What further proof do we need?
Always remember the prime difference between a Jesuit and a Protestant is that the Protestant admits that they are not Catholic.
What’s in my heart is the Pope is full of crap.
I didn’t know Poope could talk.
The man sitting on the Chair of Peter sees the USA through two filters: the Italian leftist press, and his hard-left marxist mindset. He doesn’t understand at all what’s happening here.
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