While
campaigning in Colorado on Sept. 2 en route to the Democratic National
Convention, President Obama boasted: "You know, he [Romney] calls it
ObamaCare. I like the name. I do care. I guess you call his plan 'Romney
doesn't care.'" As with all liberals vying for votes during the past
35 years, Mr. Obama is using the "caring" theme to persuade voters that
he is more qualified to lead the country.
But is the "I care more" claim a qualification for leadership, or is doing what is right and workable a better formula? Better yet, should we as a country, founded on the unique morality of the Judeo-Christian ethos, knee-jerkily accept a platitude asserting the more we take from Peter to give to Paul the greater is our commitment to caring when, by so doing, we destroy the moral foundation of personal responsibility upon which the Judeo-Christian ethos is built?
History has shown that self-aggrandizing feel-goodism showered top-down from the "caring class" is mere sentiment and falls far short of that which the individual gains through virtue and fulfilling his personal moral obligations. While that which is intrinsically moral uplifts and builds, that which is emoted from feel-good sentiments alone often weakens the individual and results in catastrophic dependency.
We Americans were not placed on this earth to be dependents controlled by a ruling class. Those accused of "not caring" are more likely to be guided, actually, by the spirit of Genesis, which says that a human reaches his majesty not by finding reasons to shirk responsibility, but in overcoming his challenges and rising to his moral potential through work and sacrifice.
But is the "I care more" claim a qualification for leadership, or is doing what is right and workable a better formula? Better yet, should we as a country, founded on the unique morality of the Judeo-Christian ethos, knee-jerkily accept a platitude asserting the more we take from Peter to give to Paul the greater is our commitment to caring when, by so doing, we destroy the moral foundation of personal responsibility upon which the Judeo-Christian ethos is built?
History has shown that self-aggrandizing feel-goodism showered top-down from the "caring class" is mere sentiment and falls far short of that which the individual gains through virtue and fulfilling his personal moral obligations. While that which is intrinsically moral uplifts and builds, that which is emoted from feel-good sentiments alone often weakens the individual and results in catastrophic dependency.
We Americans were not placed on this earth to be dependents controlled by a ruling class. Those accused of "not caring" are more likely to be guided, actually, by the spirit of Genesis, which says that a human reaches his majesty not by finding reasons to shirk responsibility, but in overcoming his challenges and rising to his moral potential through work and sacrifice.
No comments:
Post a Comment