The Science of Hate: Should People be Judged by Merit or Superficial Differences?

Hate is one of those things that is destructive to society but persists in the nooks and crannies where the light of good moral conscious is dim. There are evolutionary aspects to hate that persist today in various facets of society. One only needs to talk to the recipients of hate to grasp the profound impact it has on society. Where it exists we should improve, where it is protected we should correct, and where it is actualized we should reform (Words of Wisdom).

Each man and woman in society should be judged on merit and not on superficial race, religion, or other variances in existence (any society and any place). We owe it to the concept of justice and to the very basic aspects of social contracts to improve where there are deficiencies of judgement and outcomes. One might even argue that every person has a moral responsibility to improve when they have the capacity to do so (A higher metric).

(I have been using a long running hypothetical example of targeted hate. In this example, minority family was targeted consistently over 5 years based on hate, corruption and extremism. The perpetrators were protected due to social ethnocentric affiliations. The targets are forgiving people and simply want a correction to ensure the public is protected from future harm and incentives of such hate are removed.

I think this would be a good example of what we want victims of hate to do because it is constructive and prosocial in orientation. Hate is the opposite and it detracts from society and weakens human capital competitiveness through signaling to other minorities through identity aggression. Most cultures believe that light, truth, helpfulness are more important than dark, dishonesty and destructiveness. It is a universal concept for a universal democracy.)

I encourage people, specifically, the next generation, to think about how universal and fair treatment leads to greater national competitiveness and moral purpose. Patriotism and doing the right thing even when its not popular. Group think or unexamined false beliefs have been the cause of many historic missteps that people cringe at in hindsight (An improper lens due to lack of diversity issue.). 

To me patriotism is about pushing for the best most functional and competitive society we can create. Lack of deeper patriotism is working in the opposite way. This is why when one comes to a crossroads I always encourage to think about the greater versus the lower because it leads to the best outcomes. 

"Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences" Plato

*The information in this article is designed for learning purposes only. The choices to accept new learning and change is a sign of that learning.