Wicked people exist. Nothing avails except to set them apart from innocent people. And many people, neither wicked nor innocent, but watchful, dissembling, and calculating of their chances, ponder our reaction to wickedness as a clue to what they might profitably do.
I think it is only slightly insightful, at best. It’s a gross simplification of how most people experience, and actually (under-the-hood) perform, moral calculations, and it simplifies away most of the interesting stuff.
James Wilson
Counter-quote.
Only loosely. The insightful part of the grandparent quote is the third sentence, which complements the moral-greyness issue quite well.
I think it is only slightly insightful, at best. It’s a gross simplification of how most people experience, and actually (under-the-hood) perform, moral calculations, and it simplifies away most of the interesting stuff.