What would Immanuel Kant say about the dilemma between the home-made moral standards of Mr Scholz and Mr Orbàn and reality?
‘Act in such a way that the maxim of your will can at all times be regarded as the principle of a general law.’ (Immanuel Kant: AA V, 30 § 7 Basic Law of Pure Practical Reason).
Kant’s emphasis is on general legislation. Mr Scholz is far away from this with his maxims from the school of utilitarianism.
What may apply in the world of ideas of Hanseatic economics cannot apply when it comes to human lives:
– The non-delivery of TAURUS missiles costs human lives.
– The refusal by future NATO allies and future colleagues in the member states of the European Union to allow to attack with suitable weapons the russian drone launch pads and launch sites for glide bombs from russian military airfields costs human lives,
– Ukraine’s ground offensive in the Kursk and Belgorod region to protect Kharkiv and Sumy is costing lives.
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Mr Scholz, who used to be mayor of Hamburg, and Mr Orbàn must explain why they withhold fire hoses for extinguishing fires on the grounds that the arsonist might feel provoked or that the fire hoses would be used by themselves at an unspecified time for an unspecified purpose.
Mr Scholz’s and Mr Orban’s claim to be morally superior and more level-headed, which differs only in degree, must be measured by whether they provide the fire hoses that allow the fires in Ukraine to be extinguished.TH