Douthat points out in the NYT that Evil comes at us differently depending upon our blind spots. It comes camouflaged in those things that we most cherish and respect. Some guy long ago said something about focusing on the speck in your neighbors eye while ignoring the log sticking out if yours.
Yup. Seems about right to me. Read the whole thing at the link.
The point is that as a society changes, as what’s held sacred and who’s empowered shifts, so do the paths through which evil enters in, the prejudices and blind spots it exploits. So don’t expect tomorrow’s predators to look like yesterday’s. Don’t expect them to look like the figures your ideology or philosophy or faith would lead you to associate with exploitation. Expect them, instead, to look like the people whom you yourself would be most likely to respect, most afraid to challenge publicly, or least eager to vilify and hate. Because your assumptions and pieties are evil’s best opportunity, and your conventional wisdom is what’s most likely to condemn victims to their fate.
Hattip Marginalrevolution.com
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