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By IDNeon
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I don't think morality is just or right. An example is the Tsar of Russia.

Born to the position unable to leave because the dependent persons in power won't let you, your family is more innocent than you, and the failures of the system nothing you've dodose personally means the fall of the system threatens the lives of your family.

It is moral to punish, kill and oppress anyone who threatens your children's lives.

The Tsar...an absolutist by birth not by choice and some tried reform, is moral.

But not just...not right.
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You are acting as if a Tsar was forced to take the throne. That is not the case.

You are acting as if a Tsar has no choice but to oppress the people in the nation he rules. This is not the case.

You are acting as if the only way for a Tsar to protect his family is to be a tyrant. This is not the case.

And if someone is put into a position, against their will, where they must hurt a person to save their family, it is not immoral to save your family, but the blame rests entirely on those responsible for creating that situation.

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