The DPRK, Nuclear Weapons, and ‘Morality’
Allegory with a portrait of a Venetian senator (Allegory of the morality of earthly things) , by Tintoretto, 1585. Objective, material reality can be measured. In accordance with that, beliefs about the nature of novel viruses [1] or beliefs about our Solar System evolve over time and are subject to change; and it is because of ongoing observations, measurements, and advances in science .[2] In contrast to that, morality– or rather, bourgeois morality, does not change on such grounds because it is purely social and cultural.[3] At best, it is a weak argument for or against an issue. There have always been competing doctrines, ideologies, and theories; but ongoing methodical and investigative analyses of evidence points to one of those ideas or concepts as being correct, most accurate, or most principled. For instance, communists who take a principled anti-imperialist stance do not have a problem with North Korea (a.k.a. the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) build...