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Moralism (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounds small rules of conduct in God swats a fly on a friend's head with a hatchet.

Moralism (n.) urges ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠people to ape the saints without sharing their motives — or to ape the motives without the knowledge that sparks them.

Moralism (n.) never ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠creates anything: it moves people only by shame, fear or guilt, and answering those motives merely soothes the ego's wounded pride, on which egocentricity feasts.

Moralism (n.) always ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠obstructs the transformation it demands, because it keeps alive the illusion of self-mastery that stands in the way.

Moralism (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠human relations inhuman: whoever gives bread in order to be charitable is as cold as a clam, and never sees the other person.