Let's ask a general question just to get started. If there's an act we all agree is immoral and unacceptable when done by an individual, does that act become moral and acceptable when done collectively, namely by government?In the article that I read some time ago, he used this as an example of how you could never make rape acceptable, even if you passed a Constitutional Amendment saying it was. This also applies to theft, including theft by the Federal Government under the guise of income taxes.You say, "Williams, that's a bit too esoteric; would you break it down?"
OK, here's a for-instance. If we deem rape as immoral and unacceptable when done by an individual, does rape become moral and acceptable when done collectively? What if we vote to rape someone. Does that make rape morally acceptable? I'm hoping that all of my fellow Americans will answer: Neither a majority consensus nor collective action necessarily establishes what's moral or immoral.