English term
create feelings of goodness while not infringing upon
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Suzan Hamer
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Netherlands
Fussy editing for fussy people.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: English, Dutch to English
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I think the writer is referring to the (supposedly "New Age") idea that it's OK to do anything you want to do, that makes you feel good as long as it doesn't interfere with anybody else's freedom to do that they want to do. Not clear if he (or she) means, by goodness, the act of feeling good or the act of being correct, appropriate; probably both.
I think his point is, according to his beliefs, there is a definite right and a definite wrong, and sometimes doing the "right" thing will infringe on what others perceive as their rights and values. Today "mankind" is searching for a way to be "good" and not interfere with the rights and values of others, and the writer, I think, finds this unacceptable.
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Note added at 19 mins (2009-07-31 10:38:17 GMT)
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Oops...Forgot a comma and there's a typo: "....that makes you feel good, as long as it doesn't interfere with anybody else's freedom to do what they want to do."
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-31 11:20:32 GMT)
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On second thought: I think by "feelings of goodness," the writer must mean "the feeling of being good," that people search for a way of appearing to be "good" while not interfering with the rights of others to do as they please, or what they consider "good." The writer appears not to like this idea of arbitrary and subjective "good."
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