"It's also quite heroic to plug along doing what you *know* (intellectually) to be right even if you have no 'feel' for right and wrong. In fact, that's a level of heroism I can scarcely imagine."

Word!

That's the reason I don't like her worshiping of love. Because love can be actually quite a egoistic feeling (mother's love for example). For me it's better when someone saves a lot of people without caring for them, instead of saving your son or your daughter.

But perhaps you can't dispute about that, it's a matter of the school of thought you grew up in.