in famed platonist iris murdochās essay on god and good she says that ego prevents us from recognizing that another person is as real as oneself. attention turned outward toward others without interference from the ego allows us to liberate our souls from fantasy and attend to a reality in the illuminating light of transcendent Goodness
believed that Justice is meaningful āto the extent that other persons are encountered in their individuality.ā Basically - if you donāt see other people as important, real humans itās almost impossible to have a meaningful sense of justice. his writing is incredibly dense but worth it
This are simply ramblings from my personal notes Humanity is essentially the ability to express genuine emotionĀ Ā (?) Humans tend to project human characteristics onto non human things Things with emotions tend to project emotion onto things without it Emotion is the light consciousness shines on the things it perceives Our emotion is projected onto us by god(?)
