No Son of Mine Will Marry a Consequentialist!

Fantastic questions from the noble Chris Freiman (author of Why It’s OK to Ignore Politics), reprinted with this permission.

A recent survey indicates that about 80% of Americans have no or “just a few” friends across the political aisle. So, should Democrats stop being friends with Republicans, and vice versa?

Let’s ask an analogous question: should consequentialists stop being friends with deontologists, and vice versa? I assume most people would say “no.” So is political disagreement diff...