When presented with two evils, don’t claim one is good

Published October 24, 2020 9:11pm ET



When asked to choose between two evils, whether you yourself choose the evil on the Right, the evil on the Left, or neither evil, one ought to respect and appreciate those whose prudential calculations lead them to choose differently from you.

But we can chastise those who, when presented with evils, refuse to call the evils evil — or, worse yet, say they are good.

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