We find that a noble endeavor becomes suddenly corrupted and corrupting to those involved. And if our well-meaning citizen who launched this project decides to bully everyone into cleaning up their involvement for the greater good, what then shall become of his heart?
The impulse to do good can be salvific. But if the pursuit of the good requires others to be subverted for your purpose the impulse leads to destruction. We cannot achieve our grand plan without the objectification of others. We must reduce them from persons to resources. If we think of them as persons freely loved, then our effectiveness in the pursuit of our goals is at risk.
We make up all manner of excuses. Beware sentences that contain categorical imperatives! But we must do this or we cannot have that. These are the words of autocrats to those they see as their subjects…
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