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Obama Is Not A Pathological Liar, He Is An Ideological Liar
Lawrence Sellin * American Thinker
Like communism, the collapse of the Obama Administration agenda is inevitable, not solely as a result of its many flawed policies, but because it lacks an ethical dimension in regard to individual rights, justifiable criteria for its use of state coercion and, in particular, a respect for the truth.
Stated simply, Obama lies because the true objectives of his fundamental transformation of the United States are incompatible with American democracy and tradition.
Barack Obama’s devotion to the Machiavellian dictum of “the ends justify the means” and lying as an instrument of government policy have been the tools of political extremists throughout history.
Such means have their philosophical foundations in the ethical theory of Consequentialism, but have been applied for despotic ends.
The theory holds that the consequences of one’s conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness of that conduct. Thus, a morally “right” act or omission is one that will produce a “good” outcome from the standpoint of the consequentialist.
Extending the philosophy of Consequentialism into the realm of politics and economics, one can recognize the elite-led and state-dictated lies of socialists and communists in the sale and implementation of ObamaCare.
To Obama, however, they are not lies. It is acceptable to use bad or immoral methods as long as you accomplish something “good” by using them. In other words, in order to achieve what you consider as an important aim, it is acceptable to do something bad. Morally “right” consequences often necessitate morally wrong actions and what is considered “right” or “wrong” is determined by the outcome.
Read more at American Thinker:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/12/obama_is_not_a_pathological_liar_he_is_an_ideological_liar.html#ixzz2n23l6cen
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