The dangers of false equivalence

Dave Aaronovitch in the Times examines the moral arguments around killing in wars and concludes that It’s important, it seems to me, that we don’t confuse ourselves with false equivalence. The result of that would be an incapacity to take any action that carried even the risk of harm. But it’s just as important to understand that this doesn’t let us off the hook. If we became careless of whether or not people suffer because of our choices, we could still become the thing we hate.