This article explains why the community of scholars in the current conjunct
ure of the capitalist development of power experiences problems distinguish
ing between right and might and suggests a way of reducing such difficultie
s. It claims that the mightys' operation of regimes of truth in conjunction
with intellectuals' adoption of postmodern sentiments erodes the ability t
o judge whether those with might have it right. This position is argued by
considering a particular assertion of righteousness. The Indonesian and US
mighty, as represented by Geertz, claimed that the Indonesian military's 19
65-66 massacres were in self-defense. "Causal moral analysis" is formulated
as a method of assessing this claim.