Posted by Katy Grimes at 8:12 am on May 09, 2014 Comments Off on Ethics and government: Is it possible?
Ethics, even in politics, is based on adherence to moral
principles. Honesty, integrity, loyalty, fairness, respect for
others, lawfulness, pursuit of excellence and accountability, are
principles.
G. K. Chesterton explained why: “Morality is always terribly
complicated – to a man who has lost all his principles.”
The fundamental purpose of the American project was and still is
individual freedom.
While many American freedoms have been eroded, we still hold the
sanctity of the individual sacred in America. Americans believe
that man is inherently free, whether a gift from God, or a fact of
nature.
However, with freedoms and individual liberties increasingly
plundered, many ask what the proper role of government is, as well
as the proper role of the politician.
Especially in California, suffering under the cloud of recent
scandals in the… Read More