This absolutism is what causes more harm, because people fail to appreciate any progress when things haven’t gotten 100% of the way there.
The reason it causes harm, is because it discourages people from going after real incremental steps, because they see the mountain that is in front of them.
E.g. there are currently more slaves in the world than at any time in human history. With that mentality, we could have said, ‘oh, we can’t stop all the slavery in the world, so it’s not worth ending it here’
The reason it causes harm, is because it discourages people from going after real incremental steps, because they see the mountain that is in front of them.
E.g. there are currently more slaves in the world than at any time in human history. With that mentality, we could have said, ‘oh, we can’t stop all the slavery in the world, so it’s not worth ending it here’