tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post5402846181367535853..comments2024-03-20T16:30:09.690-05:00Comments on The Fifth Column: Voting and the Moral ActUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5774317.post-34178971447215078172016-09-28T12:38:04.423-05:002016-09-28T12:38:04.423-05:00Amen. Voting JUST IS an unqualified personal endor...Amen. Voting JUST IS an unqualified personal endorsement: voting for someone with the mental reservation that you're only trying to prevent someone worse from getting into office is absurd, because voting doesn't work that way.<br /><br />Against those who would cite the Catechism's instruction re: the moral duty to vote, we can point out that prudence always has the task of verifying that a particular positive moral precept applies in a particular case, and determining the best means of achieving that end. Supporting the church is a duty, but you don't need to tithe yourself into bankruptcy, after all.<br /><br />The blogger "Zippy Catholic" has deeply investigated the morality of voting here: https://zippycatholic.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/the-bus-stops-here/. He concludes, in a nutshell, that the circumstances of the present age, and the delirious and irrational value assigned to the act of voting as a civic ritual, make it imprudent to vote at all.Sean W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10085184456489549231noreply@blogger.com