PsycHacks Episode 588: Love and justice (order and chaos)
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Jan 16, 2026 The podcast delves into our conflicting attitudes toward love and justice, highlighting society's expectation for unconditional love while rejecting the need for judgment. It argues that both love and justice can embody divine qualities, yet society often misinterprets justice by adding modifiers like 'social.' The discussion stresses the importance of universal laws and warns against the dangers of prioritizing individual exemptions, which can destabilize social order. A call for true impartiality in justice execution rounds out an engaging examination of order versus chaos.
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Hypocrisy Between Love And Judgment
- Society expects people to be divine in love but rejects their capacity to judge.
- Orion Taraban argues this hypocrisy destabilizes social order by privileging mercy over accountability.
Don't Modify Core Moral Goods
- Justice and love are both divine attributes and neither requires a modifier.
- Taraban claims terms like "social justice" or "social love" dilute the pure goods they describe.
Love As A Chaotic Force
- Love and justice often conflict because love seeks exceptions while justice demands universality.
- Taraban describes love as a chaotic, anti-establishment force that resists rules and order.
