Hypocrisy

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-michael-lerner/mourning-the-parisian-jou_b_6442550.html

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2 thoughts on “Hypocrisy”

  1. Well,Mike,I agree with much of what you say but I also agree with some of Michael Lerner’s ideas.I totally agree on motive though I was once ticked off by a left wing philosopher for even using the word….ethically it matters to us and bad motives lead to moral trouble evil but where do we say that we stop criticising? I think he is right to make us think about what we may blindly accept or take for granted and I am not so keen on the excessively savage humour that some people love. What is disturbing is after shooting the journalists they shot some Jewish people who had nothing at all to do with it .And we should respect what others hold sacred to a large extent. We don’t see many jokes about the Mass but I did invent one which asked why they could not use croissants instead of wafers which did not get much success.
    I think respect is very underrated nowadays.

  2. While I feel that hypocrisy is rife amongst politicians and other people in power, I’m not sure that this is really what this article is about. We have seen far too many examples of the politicians who proudly proclaim one set of values, while practising a completely different set. But is it really hypocrisy to be selective over which issues we choose to express concern about?

    None of us can ever be in possession of all the facts and life is only possible because we make decisions on the basis of limited evidence. If we researched every aspect of every issue before acting, then absolutely nothing would ever happen! It is good that we react to some issues but we should not be considered failures because we don’t weigh up every alternative point of view first. There is wisdom in the statement “do not judge, so that you will not be judged”

    I think the real issue is ‘motive’ and that is something inside ourselves that others can never perceive correctly. We make choices because we have to. Sometimes we may regret those choices subsequently but, if they were made ‘in good faith’, then we accept the experience and move on. Better to accept our imperfections than to do nothing – it is often said that the perfect is the enemy of the good Yes, I am limited; I may espouse causes that do not seem the most important to others, but I don’t think that is anything to do with hypocrisy.

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