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Originally Posted by Ivanhoe A moral action requires three things:
1) obedience to a norm
2) proper motive
3) understanding the situation properly
Stealing is wrong, but in wartime I will steal information.
Killing is wrong, but in wartime I will kill | Adultery is wrong, and in wartime you will commit adultery to get information? You should change the variable to something that isn't in the category which everyone knows "in their common sense" is okay during wartime.
The Jews had to offer sacrifices for sins of ignorance, didn't they?
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Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics This may explain the old adage about Baptists being Methodists with shoes, and Presbyterians being Baptists who can read. To round out the adage, Lutherans might qualify as Presbyterians who drink to excess, and Episcopalians as Lutherans who know when to say when. - D.G. Hart
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