First Things RSS Feed - David Walsh https://www.firstthings.com/author/david-walsh en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:51:45 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/david-walsh 60 Rights Without Right https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/11/rights-without-right https://www.firstthings.com/article/1996/11/rights-without-right Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:00:00 -0500 It is not true that political candidates hate to confront moral issues. The fact is, they rush to warm themselves in the glow of moral sentiments. What they abhor is the work of actually sorting out any specific moral controversy. The language of ethics is soothing at the level of generalities, and frightening at the level of specifics. Politicians”aided and abetted by the press”seek the moral high ground of empathy, and we are all a bit relieved by the postponement of hard choices.

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