One of the most foolish forms of moral vanity is the determination to rival God Himself in viewing events from a truly “objective” perspective, that is, a vantage point from which the subject — oneself — is not given any special consideration.

We all like to imagine ourselves objective– to a degree. We like to think we can view a situation without privileging or prioritizing our own wants and needs over the wants and needs of others — to a degree. But only an imbecile imagines he can actually manage a perfect stance of objectivity.

And only someone suffused with moral vanity imagines he should aspire to such a vaunted perspective.

I’ve had this argument with a dozen leftists and hard liberals. They insist, among other things, that Americans should not be afforded by other Americans any special regard as concerns matters of life and death; they will insist, for example, that the collateral deaths of foreigners on a battlefield are just as important, if not more important, than deaths of American soldiers, and that the rules of engagement should be much more strict to avoid causing any foreign civilians harm, even if it results, as it must, in an increased death toll among American soldiers.