**What happened to morality and the Constitution?**
***Are there limits to "the common good?"***
HANK JACKSON | DEC 15, 2023
>In the movie “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” Spock deliberately exposes himself to fatal radiation in order to save the lives of the officers and crew of the starship Enterprise. His Vulcan heritage, morality, and ethic bid him to make this sacrifice because “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few … or the one.” There are voices in the current post-Christian, post-modern world who argue that individual liberties must be considered subordinate to the needs of the collective. A quick study of Marxism / communism reveals that this idea is not new but is the essential feature of socialism. How do we make sense of this rising ethos in the context of a constitutional Republic? To what extent can society make demands upon the individual in the interest of “the common good?” More specifically, what health choices may government force upon its citizens against their will on the basis of law or morality?
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https://pastorzeb.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-morality-and-the
***Are there limits to "the common good?"***
HANK JACKSON | DEC 15, 2023
>In the movie “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” Spock deliberately exposes himself to fatal radiation in order to save the lives of the officers and crew of the starship Enterprise. His Vulcan heritage, morality, and ethic bid him to make this sacrifice because “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few … or the one.” There are voices in the current post-Christian, post-modern world who argue that individual liberties must be considered subordinate to the needs of the collective. A quick study of Marxism / communism reveals that this idea is not new but is the essential feature of socialism. How do we make sense of this rising ethos in the context of a constitutional Republic? To what extent can society make demands upon the individual in the interest of “the common good?” More specifically, what health choices may government force upon its citizens against their will on the basis of law or morality?
>
[...]
https://pastorzeb.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-morality-and-the
**What happened to morality and the Constitution?**
***Are there limits to "the common good?"***
HANK JACKSON | DEC 15, 2023
>In the movie “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” Spock deliberately exposes himself to fatal radiation in order to save the lives of the officers and crew of the starship Enterprise. His Vulcan heritage, morality, and ethic bid him to make this sacrifice because “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few … or the one.” There are voices in the current post-Christian, post-modern world who argue that individual liberties must be considered subordinate to the needs of the collective. A quick study of Marxism / communism reveals that this idea is not new but is the essential feature of socialism. How do we make sense of this rising ethos in the context of a constitutional Republic? To what extent can society make demands upon the individual in the interest of “the common good?” More specifically, what health choices may government force upon its citizens against their will on the basis of law or morality?
>
[...]
https://pastorzeb.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-morality-and-the
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