To generalise, and to exclude those sitting at the extremes and talk more about the majority, I think we often all share a lot more in what is considered virtuous than either side is often willing to admit. That’s the core objective morality we share.
If one has a decent awareness, they can apply their compassion broadly, rather than just locally, thereby make moral decisions not just in their local reality, but for strangers as well.
When that awareness is lacking or has been intentionally or unintentionally dismissed, that’s when basic gut emotions can be stirred up, manipulated and used to other groups contravening objective morality.
I find this is often the difference between right and left thinking. Both are usually moral in basic terms and at the core, but it’s the breadth of the application of that morality that decides the quality of their morality. There’s much to agree on, and little that is truly up for subjective debate if that awareness is present.
Hence the idiocy of the term “woke” which is just another word for awareness.
It’s through this viewpoint I’ve found the most success in deprogramming radicalised right wing friends. But it takes time, patience and a lot of energy in gently expanding that awareness over large amounts of time.
Do you see the problem with those definitions?
Not so much.
To generalise, and to exclude those sitting at the extremes and talk more about the majority, I think we often all share a lot more in what is considered virtuous than either side is often willing to admit. That’s the core objective morality we share.
If one has a decent awareness, they can apply their compassion broadly, rather than just locally, thereby make moral decisions not just in their local reality, but for strangers as well.
When that awareness is lacking or has been intentionally or unintentionally dismissed, that’s when basic gut emotions can be stirred up, manipulated and used to other groups contravening objective morality.
I find this is often the difference between right and left thinking. Both are usually moral in basic terms and at the core, but it’s the breadth of the application of that morality that decides the quality of their morality. There’s much to agree on, and little that is truly up for subjective debate if that awareness is present.
Hence the idiocy of the term “woke” which is just another word for awareness.
It’s through this viewpoint I’ve found the most success in deprogramming radicalised right wing friends. But it takes time, patience and a lot of energy in gently expanding that awareness over large amounts of time.