It is understandable that you feel uncomfortable with
dogmatic and objective forms of morality. These can become imperialistic and
pose a threat to the innocent. However, correct objective forms can also
promote society as these ideas have promoted the West.
Where would we be without the traditional Western understanding
of objective justice! This, however, is now crumbling before a subjective and
secular understanding of compassion.
In one such case, a woman was raped by a migrant. However,
since she felt sorry for him and had compassion, she refused to bring charges.
Consequently, this man is now free to rape others. Compassion? Not really.
Compassion must be guided by wisdom. However, wisdom is now
almost dismissed. Why? Because, wisdom recognizes that there are objective principles
of morality and justice, and that morality is not just a choice we make but a
law to which we must conform.
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