Collective Sense of Virtue

 Could it be true that no other person feels the way I do? That no two people have the exact same set of virtues, ideals, and standards. Psychopaths are born differently from the rest of us. They experience no remorse for their actions, and feel no connection with most human beings, some not even with their own parents. Steinbeck, a great novelist, who evidently, thought much about the characters in his books, created a heinous character of Kate in East of Eden.

Kate was a person without much compassion for others, who took advantage of others' feelings, and simply twisted these feelings in her favor, to the point where she hurt other people, by killing her own parents, by shooting her husband, by poisoning her own employer. Such people do exist in real life. There are people, too, who not only do not enjoy, but abhor philosophical conversations. To them, discussions about life, morals, and understanding "What the damn hell is this weird notion of life, and how is it supposed to be treated?" are not worthy of discussion. People differ in their compassion toward others, in their notions of what ought to be rewarded, and what ought to be punished.

Disney fired an actress for posting what some claim to be controversial or unacceptable thoughts on Twitter. Some find this decision appropriate, while others find it questionable and vehemently oppose it, and even feel a sense of anger to the enactors of such a bold choice. Fundamental questions, such as "How much compassion does society ought to feel for others?" "To what extent does society ought to enforce financial equity?" "To what end does one's identity matter in society? Should or should not identity, such as race, be a factor in policies and laws?"