One-Dimensional Thinking Never Works Well

Here's a letter to the Washington Examiner:

David Sirota identifies a benefit – namely, reduced human impact on the environment – and argues that, therefore, people are morally obliged to take steps to achieve that benefit ("A week of living with low impact on the environment," Aug. 29).  But because he ignores competing benefits, Mr. Sirota's moralizing fails.  Using the very same method of argument employed by Mr. Sirota, I can 'prove' that people should do almost the opposite of what he...