Inhumanities are routinely committed in the name of freedom

Evidence

At the behavior locus, harmful behavior is justified in varied ways depending, in part, on the sphere of activity. The justifications can be religious, ideological, social, constitutional, or protective of national security. It is ironic that many inhumanities are perpetrated in the name of freedom. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2973

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A compact, memorable observation about how freedom gets weaponized - the kind of line that lands as a quiet aphorism about moral life.