'Righteous hatred' is in the same category as 'righteous cancer' or 'righteous tuberculosis'. All of them are absurd concepts.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Righteous hatred is an absurd concept, just like righteous cancer.
- In plain terms
- Hating with no reason is as absurd as being cancerously righteous.
- What can you take from it?
- Morality cannot justify harmful emotions like hate.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can hate be justified?
- What is righteous anger?
Another view
It assumes hatred is always unjustifiable.
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