Is how you know that your competence game is just "It's not arbitrary. I deserve it."
Hym "How is not answering the
question 'What is a
woman?' any different than not answering the question 'Do you believe in God?' So, we
grant both of you the moral right not answer questions selectively for your own preservation. But if where they go too
far is celebrating it as a victory for equity and inclusion then how do they not go too far in celebrating you as a prophet? It's blatant hypocrisy. Where does it come from? Well, it comes from me being right. You are incapable of adhering to your own ethic and your ethic is entirely predicated on 'This is what OTHER people SHOULD do' thinking. But it isn't what you do. Do you believe people should be credited for their work? Well, you could say 'Well, you didn't do it.' and that is
irrelevant. YOU act out YOUR ethic.
Why is your adherence to your own ethic dependant on the perceived ethic of those you are dealing with? That's just the platinum rule. And you could say 'Well, I'm only doing it to you' but no, you
fail to act in accordance with your own ethic at your leisure. Therefore, you have no ethic
outside of the platinum rule (which is not a proposition as much as it is an observation). And now you can say 'Well, I'm competent and have the moral authority to determine when my behavior is allowed to be incongruent with my ethical propositions.' but that would
mean it's a conscious
choice rather than the imperfect nature of
man. You are exempting yourself from
rules of your own creation. Which is just 'doing whatever you want.' 'I do what I want and other people should accept my propositions because the
world would be better if it worked this
way. With me doing what I want and others doing what I tell them.' And you've already established that you would enforce it if you had the power to do so because I'm giving you that power and that is what you're doing. Hypocrisy.
