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President Biden's decision to pardon his son #HunterBiden, despite earlier promises he wouldn't, reignites debate over presidential pardons. Ethics scholar Scott Davidson asks : Should a democracy governed by the rule of law even give its leaders the power to pardon? What purpose does it truly serve? buff.ly/4gieKoB @philosophy #presidentialpardon #politics

Pardon who? Hunter Biden case renews ethical debate over use and limits of peculiar presidential power

Despite the controversy surrounding them, presidential pardons can provide a service – the question is how they are used.
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Aurochs
Aurochs
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So, Trump pardons a gazillion people for a miriad of despicable things and that's meh... but Biden pardons his son, who committed is "crimes" when he was an addict and it sparks a philosophical article on whether the POTUS should have pardon powers.
Will you make a philosophical article on the the immorality of subjecting different people to such abysmally different moral standards?
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