Conscience in the Crosshairs: Selective Synderesis, Narco-Evil, and the Tragic Prudence of Ordered Charity
Conscience in the Crosshairs: Selective Synderesis, Narco-Evil, and the Tragic Prudence of Ordered Charity Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ May 24, 2026 The premise under examination posits that Bishop Elias Ayuban's open letter to Senator Pia Cayetano—questioning her conscience regarding drug war victims—exposes a selective application of Christian faith rather than a genuine failing on her (or the policy's) part. It frames the Philippine Drug War (2016 onward under President Rodrigo Duterte) as a necessary confrontation with a societal evil ravaging the poor through addiction, crime, and familial collapse. Tough measures, it argues, served the common good by saving more lives than those lost in contested incidents, prioritizing aggregate justice over performative outrage. This invites an esoteric, in-depth academic-philosophical deliberation: a clash between deontological (duty/rule-based) ethics emphasizing individual rights and absolute prohibitions against killing, ver...
