Why is misanthropy not considered bigotry?

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Okay so I'm guessing you don't care about what society thinks of misanthropy and you're questioning the philosophy itself.

Originally Posted by Zaevod

Doesn't this imply that everyone has enough power to stop evil acts from happening? I'd definitely do that if I could, but my influence is pretty limited.

He's not saying one person can stop evil. He's saying that evil will happen is nobody (good men) does anything.

Originally Posted by Zaevod

Another reason I find misanthropy illogical is the notion that somehow evil is tied to human nature, when it's not... The problem is that we are only "partially smart".

I disagree. The notion of whether something is good or evil, whether it be an act or a person or something else, is evaluated based on the human condition, on our morals. It is not something that can be evaluated objectively, such as the length of an object or the time it takes to complete a task. Human minds determine what "evil" actually is. So to say it's not tied to human nature is kind of ridiculous in that sense.

I also don't see your point that talks about other species. We evaluate whether or not something is evil based on the amount of suffering it causes, and generally speaking all lifeforms that could develop this intelligence can sense its surroundings and react accordingly to this. I would say that in this case evil would still be tied to human nature, just not human nature exclusively, and evil between species would also vary due to biological/psychological differences.

And you have to explain what you mean by "partially smart" because I don't understand the significance of that term.

Still, this doesn't explain what all of this has to do with misanthropy. If I were to accept everything you say, and people still fall short of my expectations, how does that invalidate my view or make it illogical?