When Nancy Pelosi intoned that “walls are immoral,” she was not basing this contention on an analysis of moral permissibility. In fact, the left has denied there is such a concept as moral permissibility construed objectively. As a card-carrying member, Pelosi is most likely a relativist in matters of truth and morality and would assert that only “true for ___” and “moral according to ___” make sense. Thus, it is more than a bit odd for her to phrase her claim about the moral status of walls using what seems to be an objective concept of morality. Of course, a formula such as “walls are immoral according to Nancy Pelosi” or some such is much less convenient and would complicate the objective she had in mind all along of smearing President Trump and his supporters as “immoral.” During my years in the classroom teaching philosophy, I did my best to draw distinctions, spot ambiguities and clear up confusions, which definitely...(Read Full Article)