A Thought Experiment

Here’s a thought experiment.

It came to me as I read about the removal of statutes and the debate about who should be honored with a statue and which statues should be removed because the person didn’t deserve the honor. More specifically I learned that some thought the statue of Lincoln in Lincoln Park should be removed because Lincoln only [!] freed the slaves because he thought that would help preserve the Union.

[Note: this seems to assume that preserving the Union was not a worthy goal.]

Nevertheless, here’s the thought experiment:

Which is worse?

To do the right thing for the wrong reasons, or

To do the wrong thing for the right reasons.