Originally Posted by
dwtbd 
It is impossible to do wrong, without being morally responsible (.) If it were, doing 'right' would be a matter of happenstance.
We do wrong every day. I am sure that I have said something today or made some gesture that has hurt someone but which I did because I was not aware of the effect that they would have on others. I am not innocent of these remarks - I am guilty, I made them. But am I morally responsible? I am not even aware of them.
Originally Posted by
dwtbd Empathy and compassion have their place, but they become tools of the Beast if used for absolution, moral equivalency.
Agreed and I think that is what I said.