Voting One's Conscience

[malthaussen]

62. No, actually I make no such assumption.

Again, you read into it something that is only there because you put it there. If conscience dictates one thing, I ask, why does it not dictate another? I do not assert that it does dictate another course, I ask why it does not. Asking why something does not occur is not asserting that it must necessarily occur.

Think of it this way: if conscience dictates one course, why does it not dictate courses b or c? Already, we have left the realm of binary choice, because the dictates of conscience can be multiplied indefinitely. It is specifically to discover why conscience might dictate b, c, or d to infinity that I ask the question. If you want to assert, for example, that there is no linkage because the choices are discrete, then that is a basis on which to proceed. The answer implies that the policies Mr Trump advocates do not concern your conscience, which is another thing we might discuss. In any event, the purpose is to explore rationale, not to advocate for one position or another.

-- Mal