good intentions* that ignore emotion. The winning out of 'logic' over and above 'human' considerations.
'human' considerations: emotions, how a perfectly 'emotional' being would be expected to react in such a situation
'logic' : self-encapsulated reasoning that constructs rules in which your underlying desires / self-motivations can be justified. largely influenced by observed mechanics of the culture / micro-society an individual finds themselves embedded in.
*good intentions that are unintentionally, but in actuality, self-centered? harmful to others?
Exhibit A: Walter from Breaking Bad. Begins drug trade to pay for cancer. Stays in drug trade to...?
Exhibit B: The Red Witch / Stannis from Game of Thrones. Begins quest for throne because God says he should. Sacrifices personal happiness for supposed victory in battle. Happiness, but at what cost?
Jun 10, 2015
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