Two Moral Facts

As I see it, the below are two incontrovertible moral facts:

1. It is wrong to steal

2. We are obligated to help the less fortunate

Sadly, many of us tend to deny one or the other of these moral facts in the name of political ideology. Many in tribe blue, for instance, claim that it’s OK to steal as long as it’s done democratically or by the government, while many in tribe red deny our obligation to help the less fortunate on the grounds that the poor “deserve it” or that there is a “virtue to selfishness” (e.g., Ayn Rand). Far better than denying these two moral facts is to recognize and harmonize them, and this, I think, can only be done in a classical liberal order with voluntary charitable giving.