Using the word ‘moral’ to describe abortion access shows how it can be used to justify acts that are not moral

Word ‘moral’ can be used to justify non moral actions

Mr Brandon Lewis is reported to have tweeted (March 13), “I would welcome a renewed focus on the N.I. Executive securing the abortion services that women and girls are morally and legally entitled to”.

When I read Mr Lewis’s tweet, the ‘morally’ bit rang a bell, and I remembered where I had seen a similar cynical use of the word morally to justify actions far removed from moral.

The tweet mimics the usage of “moral” in chapter 10(2) of Adolf Hitler’s famous book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle). For example, an extract reads, “the folkish-minded man (nazi) has the sacred duty ... (to) actually (morally) fulfil God’s will”.

Mein Kampf is the blueprint for the legal and “moral” underpinning of the Holocaust and the devastating slaughter of the Second World War.

The question is why would Mr Lewis and the Westminster government behave in this nihilistic way?

Is it because Mr Lewis, and the Westminster government, are trying to woo nihilistic elements in Northern Ireland, and elsewhere, in order to conclude a much needed trade deal with the US?

A double whammy for Northern Ireland, first, it’s a lopsided protocol to conclude a trade deal with the EU, and now a forced abortion regime to conclude a trade deal with the US.

Incidentally, part of Adolf Hitler’s analysis of German religious strife, in chapter 10 (2) of Mein Kampf, is compelling reading and shows that he was deeply affected by what he sees as the toxic societal effects of religious hatred (can be camouflaged as racial).

Hitler’s sectarian analysis has, I think, universal application, including Northern Ireland.

Micheal O’Cathail, Fermanagh

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