Many of the conclusion that we come to regarding what is right and what is wrong, what is just and what is unjust, what we value and what we do not, are so frequently made internally without the benefit of language. Consequently when we are asked to explain our decisions, we are at a loss for how to put them into words, and as such we are unable to defend ourselves when others attack our decisions.
To put our decisions, and any underlying reasoning behind them into words is to cast a spell, to invoke a protection Circle, one which defends our decisions from the attacks of others. Knowing, and being able to articulate, why we have chosen a particular course of action is to inoculate ourselves against infectious doubt spread by other people's disagreement.
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