Dear Rol
I feel a ressonance with your comments, but maybe I am interpreting them
in a personal way.
> I find myself agreeing with many points of view on the issue of whether
> judgment is good or not. I wonder if it doesn't depend on your job.
I understand this means that judgement is related to role. A social role
prescribes the judgements a person is entitled to make. Judging what is
not part of the role is wrong, as is refusing to judge what is part of it.
I remember Plato's Republic, which is about the definition of justice.
Very roughly, his main point is that justice consists in each person
playing the role he is capable to perform in society, and not that of
others.
> How does one not make a judgement on behaviors like racism or
> anti-semitism? I think we must. At the same time we may be able to see
> the roots of such behavior in ignorance, habit, fear, anxiety, and so
> forth. In this case, we may wish to condemn the behavior, but not the
> individual, especially if understanding will help alleviate the root
> causes of the behavior. Therefore, even within ourselves, we may wish to
> play different roles even simultaneously.
Our responsibility is not only to judge according to our role but also to
do our best to judge adequately. There are some judgements that
everybody(?) shold be able to do , as a human being, which is our
fundamental role.
In our society, the media give us a lot of information, we maintain many
social relatioships and roles and thus become confused about the
judgements we are supposed to do. We sometimes have temptations to play
God and in other occasions, abstain from our responsibilities.
When I find myself in that situation, I just stop what I am doing or
thinking, try to hear my conscience, and feel happy when I am able to
recognize my mistakes.
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