I have had this discussion with my friend several times. Our differences in opinion on the subject generally boil down to a fundamental disagreement. To one of

I have had this discussion with my friend several times. Our differences in opinion on the subject generally boil down to a fundamental disagreement. To one of us, a "sin though inaction" with the same consequence is never as bad as a "sin though action". To one of us it's identical. It relates directly to your conception of "duty". We also fundamentally disagree on how much of this "cultural context" you reference is natural and organic, and how much of it is entirely socially constructed. We both agree that there is some biological origin and near universality to much of the cultural context, but dispute how pertinent that origin is. I urge you to consider how "speech and silence is violence" may be a "cultural context" manipulation, and how frightening it might sound to many people working with the "legacy (default?)" cultural context.