Thursday, November 04, 2004
Moral values and the Presidency
A reporter came to the university today to find out what motivated students to vote the way they did. Exit interviews, he said, indicated that people voted more based on moral values than concerns about the war in Iraq, taxes, and social security. President Bush was judged the more moral. Bush was against stem cell research, abortion and gay marriage. He prays and reads the Bible. Obviously, a man of great moral values, he sees the war on terror as a crusade of good against evil.
John Kerry in the last months of the campaign also tried to portray himself as a man of great religious values. But not enough to get him elected.
I sincerely wonder about Bush's moral values. Although he knew his claims were exaggerated, he took America to war in Iraq, killing thousands of people on both sides. Bush either doesn't know or ignores the Ten Commandments, including "thou shalt not bear false witness" and "thou shalt not kill." He panders to the special interests of big business and the wealthy, while the poor, the aged, and the middle class suffer. "Love thy neighbor as thyself" applies only to a special class of Americans. President Bush claims to be a Christain with great moral values, but his actions speak louder than his words. His actions, in fact, condemn him.
For a better understanding of Bush's ethics, read Peter Singer, The President of Good and Evil (New York: Penguin Books, 2004).
John Kerry in the last months of the campaign also tried to portray himself as a man of great religious values. But not enough to get him elected.
I sincerely wonder about Bush's moral values. Although he knew his claims were exaggerated, he took America to war in Iraq, killing thousands of people on both sides. Bush either doesn't know or ignores the Ten Commandments, including "thou shalt not bear false witness" and "thou shalt not kill." He panders to the special interests of big business and the wealthy, while the poor, the aged, and the middle class suffer. "Love thy neighbor as thyself" applies only to a special class of Americans. President Bush claims to be a Christain with great moral values, but his actions speak louder than his words. His actions, in fact, condemn him.
For a better understanding of Bush's ethics, read Peter Singer, The President of Good and Evil (New York: Penguin Books, 2004).
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