{"id":11282,"date":"2012-09-15T17:10:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=11282"},"modified":"2012-09-15T17:10:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T00:10:20","slug":"against-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/15\/against-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Against conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the magnificent Maggie McNeill, via fabulous Fred. Damn, I wish I’d written this<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Given these facts, how is a moral person to act? The answer is, by one\u2019s own conscience. Any resemblance between the laws and moral behavior is now purely coincidental; this is not a problem for those of us who have always relied upon our own moral compasses rather than guidance from authority figures, but those whose personal senses of right and wrong have been stunted through reliance upon external dictates will be much slower to adapt. It\u2019s true that, as Voltaire said, \u201cIt\u2019s dangerous to be right when the government is wrong\u201d; however, our government is so totally out of control that even following all the laws one knows of to the letter is no guarantee against destruction. The \u201claw-abiding\u201d citizen is a thing of the past, so it\u2019s better to do what one knows to be right even if it\u2019s illegal, because everyone is constantly in violation of some law anyhow. It\u2019s time for Americans (and all other subjects of repressive states, which means a large fraction of the world) to start practicing what Vaclav Havel called \u201cliving in truth\u201d: in other words ignoring the lies and proclamations of tyrants and just living like free people, avoiding all contact with government actors whenever possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By the magnificent Maggie McNeill, via fabulous Fred. Damn, I wish I’d written this! Given these facts, how is a moral person to act? The answer is, by one\u2019s own conscience. Any resemblance between the laws and moral behavior is now purely coincidental; this is not a problem for those of us who have always relied upon our own moral compasses rather than guidance from authority figures, but those whose personal senses of right and wrong have been stunted through reliance upon external dictates will be much slower to adapt. It\u2019s true that, as Voltaire said, \u201cIt\u2019s dangerous to be…<\/p>\n

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