"Kindness is everything" is what bothers me the most.
All the other lines are nominally true in one tautological or technical sense or another. The real sentiments may be corrupt, but at least there's some peripheral grain of truth.
"Kindness is everything" is just a false statement. It's false on its face because there are other things besides kindness. And under no system is it a functional moral idea. Discipline, retribution, and accountability are just three ideas that usually contradict kindness, yet are essential to a functioning moral system.
Kindness is essential as well. Justice demands a balance of both retribution and mercy. But to say kindness is everything is directly false and entirely hazardous. It's like saying sugar is the only ingredient in cake. You can't get cake if you believe that.
"Kindness is everything" is what bothers me the most.
All the other lines are nominally true in one tautological or technical sense or another. The real sentiments may be corrupt, but at least there's some peripheral grain of truth.
"Kindness is everything" is just a false statement. It's false on its face because there are other things besides kindness. And under no system is it a functional moral idea. Discipline, retribution, and accountability are just three ideas that usually contradict kindness, yet are essential to a functioning moral system.
Kindness is essential as well. Justice demands a balance of both retribution and mercy. But to say kindness is everything is directly false and entirely hazardous. It's like saying sugar is the only ingredient in cake. You can't get cake if you believe that.