"it's not whether, but which" - Doug Wilson, citing Rushdoony's inescapable concept (discussed in Plodcast episode 13)
It's not a question of whether morality will be imposed upon someone, but which morality will be imposed upon someone. Here's how this works. Let's say a Christian wants to end human abortion now. Another may quickly say, "Ah, ah, ah friendo. It's not fair for you to impose your morality upon my body." We've been there before and felt trapped. But the inescapable concept comes to our aid. It is not a question of WHETHER our morality is imposed upon others, in this example the morality of forbidding the murder of innocent human beings, but WHICH morality will be imposed. The argument is aimed at making the Christian seem arrogant, narrow-minded, and selfish. But in reality, all laws are an imposed morality. It is not a question of WHETHER morality will be imposed, but WHICH morality will be imposed.
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