The designers of the "No Kings" protests advocate ideas they don't genuinely support themselves. Because the people designing these protests attack a leader who genuinely supports principles a, b, and c through example, they cannot genuinely believe in principles a, b, and c themselves.   Christians, Those of you living in the US have likely heard of the “No Kings” protests. T...

The outcomes of moral actions can be "messy" in real life, not working out the way we expected, but we shouldn't turn to "realistic perspectives" that try to explain moral actions as futile because life doesn't show that to be true. The outcome is not what we expected, and it is even hard to explain what happened. Christians, There are times when we try to do something we believ...

When it comes to arbitrating a conflict, fairness doesn't always mean that we give each side half of what they were looking for. Consider a landlord deciding what to do about a parking situation at a duplex they own.  Christians, When arbitrating a conflict, whether it be between children in one's family or members of some public sphere, we already know it is wise to carefully c...

We can try to deceive not only others but also ourselves when we don't want to do something. Besides, maybe this professor will just give him a “bad” grade too, and it wouldn’t be a good idea to waste his time writing the paper.  Christians, Sometimes, we try to deceive not only others but also ourselves by trying to support an action that isn’t good with good reasons. We try t...