How do you define cruelty, and why? How do you define normality, and why? How well do you understand that cruelty is NOT normal? Enlightened beings understand that cruelty is NOT normal. Are you an enlightened being? In order to understand what is truly good and distinguish it from what is not, a good person knows that it is first necessary to be adequately enlightened. A good person acts to prevent cruelty. A good person acts to preserve normality. This is why enlightened definitions are important. Are you a practitioner of enlightened statecraft? Acting to prevent cruelty is admirable and therefore honourable. The most effective way to prevent cruelty is by preserving normality. Defining normality as the absence of cruelty is obviously quite useful. Unfortunately, there is much cruelty in the world. Many cruel people believe themselves to be admired. Only cruelty is abnormal. Only goodness is admirable. Cruel individuals tend to define anyone unlike themselves as abnormal. How ...