Hi everybody this is Gad Sad I have often made the distinction between

the anthological ethics and consequentialist ethics and how important it is

to adhere to an ethos of the ontological ethics when it comes

to foundational principles that define the Western tradition. I talk about this in the Western tradition.

I talk about this in the parasitic mind.

I've talked about it at Stanford University

when I give a talk in November.

I talked about it when I give a talk recently at USC and I keep harping on this point because it really is the

mechanism by which you ensure that we stay true to, as I said, those foundational principles that make

the West the West.

And so when it comes to freedom of speech, freedom of inquiry, journalistic integrity, presumption of innocence.

There is no, I believe, but not for Donald Trump.

I believe, but not for Hunter Biden's laptop.

I believe presumption of innocence, but not for Brett Kavanaugh and

on and on. If you violate the ontological ethics because of your you know hatred of a particular individual, then you are immoral.

You are a... and you consider yourself to be a moral person, you're

fraudulent.

Now let me put this in the context of a recent movie that I watched so I think it was

maybe 10 days ago I can't remember exactly the date but recently I watched a

movie called the Moritanian which recounts the story of Muhammadu Slahi who's a moritanian who was picked up right after 9-11 and sent to Gitmo to Guantanamo Bay, where he spent 14 years in prison without ultimately being charged with anything.

So there are two issues here.

Number one, you know, is it as a deontological principle even in the context of the unique

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