There is a third element, which is that the parents may not be sure it is even right.
W. was so black and white, as he mischaracterized and miscalculated, that he ended up driving America into a gray haze, where we're unsure if our old role as John Wayne taking on the global bad guys is even right.
"Patriotic gloss," responded Mr. O'Brien, an unofficial poet laureate of war who essentially elevates the issue to the philosophical; to him, we're thanking without having the courage to ask whether the mission is even right.
Of course we all try to avoid overcooking our food if at all possible, but we don't often pause to think about whether our idea of how much food to cook is even right in the first place.
Yet legislation covering animal welfare on fur farms, of which China has none, does not tackle the moral issue of whether it is even right to breed and kill animals for fashion.
Those hoping to have a baby may find themselves in a desperate situation, spending tens of thousands of dollars without knowing if the treatment they're getting is even right for them.
