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The
basic moral ethic of the Ebionites is Recursive - non preferentialized Good and
potentialized Evil. Ref Emerald City part 3.
Baum
comments, ”A curious thing about Ugu the Shoemaker was that he didn't suspect
in the
least that he was wicked. He wanted to
be powerful and great, and he
hoped to make himself master of all the Land of Oz that he might compel
everyone in that fairy country to obey him. His ambition blinded
him to the rights of others, and he imagined anyone else would act just as he did if anyone else happened
to be as clever as himself."
Ugu had preferentialized his good and so
had become wicked.
Dorothy said, "Of course. Anyone who's sorry just has to be
forgiven."
Ugu is forgiven but is exiled for if he were Ugu
again he would not be anywhere so nearly acceptable, to himself or others. His wickedness is potentialized by his own
choice. Potentialized evil is especially snuggy good and is forgiveness per se.
The
not so jolly Ferryman said, "Once, many years ago, I cut the tail off a
fox which had taunted me, and
I stole some birds' eggs from a nest to make an omelet with, and
also
I pulled a fish from the river and left it lying on the bank to gasp
for lack of water until it died. I
don't know why I did those wicked things, but I did them."
The Ferryman is still exiled because he didn't know why he had done
those things, so his wickedness was not really potentialized, and so he wasn't
really forgiven. Just exiled to coventry with animals. Eventually when he
was sure that he would never do those things ever ever again, I expect he would
be forgiven.
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