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Actually maybe a better rule of thumb here is: Good People don't have complicated philosophical frameworks that explain how their actions are Actually in service to some broad ideal they just, Do Good Things https://t.co/8UF3Tb1lS3
People who think they're Good are usually Bad People who are worried they're Bad are usually Good People who know this and think they're Bad, knowing that it makes them Good? Are usually Bad, but harmlessly so. People who don't believe in Good and Bad? Are as Bad as it gets.
This came up from a conversation about Real Americans, and how it feels from the inside (I imagine, based on context clues), where anyone non-white non-conservative are seen as Outsiders on Our Land, so doing violence to them is Good Actually because it Reclaims Our Space
And I imagine that generalizes. The more complex your moral system is, the more *codified* it is, and the more arguments you reflexively have on hand because you've heard all the common counterarguments... Occam's Razor says you're just rationalizing super hard