JeffreyNull on Nostr: Well put. And the cartoon above is perfect, because it's exactly what happens when ...

Well put. And the cartoon above is perfect, because it's exactly what happens when your morals are a product solely of an abstract, formal consideration, i.e. "what counts as genuine agency and consent?" In that case, you throw out any substantive consideration that would give your judgments heft: history, instincts, ancestry, culture.

I like to say that the fundamental rightist virtue is gratitude. The leftist is an ingrate -- he's ready to reject life itself if he can have what he deems logical consistency.