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The Golden Rule is indeed an excellent Moral Code. So are most parts of the Ten Commandments. Interesting because the Ten Commandments pre-date all organized religions. Having said that, we can turn an eye on our own actions. The US and its allies have fought and killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. These are casualties of war - called innocent civilians. Yet our missions have been to stop specific individuals - Bin Ladin and Saddam Hussein. Yet, for abstract reasons, since the Vietnam War we have started a war for specific purpose then expanded operations far beyond the original mission. We kill anyone who gets in our way - kind of the cowboy moral code. These dead innocent civilians had families who loved for them. Yet death rained out of the sky, killing the good and the bad. This may be necessary in a war like WWII where a man like Hitler had an army and could only be stopped with overwhelming force. But Saddam Hussein and Bin Ladin were bad men with a few bad followers. Quickly substituting the code of war for our pious moral code we profess to follow simply can not be justified. The US has been mass murderers and seemingly enjoys finding excuses at every opportunity to kill. We talk the talk, but can't walk the walk.
The Golden Rule is indeed an excellent Moral Code. So are most parts of the Ten Commandments. Interesting because the Ten Commandments pre-date all organized religions.
Having said that, we can turn an eye on our own actions. The US and its allies have fought and killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. These are casualties of war - called innocent civilians. Yet our missions have been to stop specific individuals - Bin Ladin and Saddam Hussein. Yet, for abstract reasons, since the Vietnam War we have started a war for specific purpose then expanded operations far beyond the original mission.
We kill anyone who gets in our way - kind of the cowboy moral code. These dead innocent civilians had families who loved for them. Yet death rained out of the sky, killing the good and the bad.
This may be necessary in a war like WWII where a man like Hitler had an army and could only be stopped with overwhelming force. But Saddam Hussein and Bin Ladin were bad men with a few bad followers. Quickly substituting the code of war for our pious moral code we profess to follow simply can not be justified. The US has been mass murderers and seemingly enjoys finding excuses at every opportunity to kill.
We talk the talk, but can't walk the walk.
