Moral calculus a lot of hooey

Compliments to The Daily Herald for publishing one of Donna Brazile's columns. She is an award winning political commentator and, as always, well grounded and focused. Her words reflect a brilliant mind.

On the other hand, I would like to address the premise proposed by Charles Krauthammer, who often appears on The Daily Herald Opinion page. On May 19, he proposed that there is a need for, or existence of, a "moral calculus." He shares this position with Dick Cheney, and their arguments are flawed. If one has no rule that they will not violate, there is no rule of law. If a person has no moral that guides their conduct, they are not a moral person. Immorality cannot be justified in a moral society. There is lawful and moral, or unlawful and immoral, behavior.

Bush and Cheney were wrong and Krauthammer cannot rationalize their actions by implying that circumstances can occur that justify American leaders ignoring our laws or the accepted morals of our nation. Laws and morals exist, or do not. There is no calculus.

Gail A. Talbot

Huntley