Caldwell: The government recently demolished a former naval base  Among the complex' s facilities were a gymnasium, a swimming pool, office buildings, gardens, and housing for hundreds of people  Of course the government was legally permitted to use these facilities as it wished
But clearly, using them for the good of the community would have benefited everyone, and thus the government' s actions were not only inefficient but immoral
presumes, without providing justification, that the actual consequences of an action are irrelevant to the action's moral permissibility