Independent Media Center, Israel http://indymedia.org.il Too many absolutesMonday 24 Feb 2003 author: Avi Harari

Your arguments suffer from the over-use of absolutes, to the point where they are doctrinaire. The soldiers arguments were, to my mind, superior to yours, as it seems to me that where two or more ethical imperatives collide, moral behaviour is best determined by a subjective, yet totally honest assessment of the situation. In other words, you just do your best in the circumstances: it's as simple as that. For this reason, it is not always possible to say what will be the correct behaviour in hypothetical circumstances. I think you basically got fired for trying to ram your political views down the throats of those soldiers.

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