Look at it like this- he illustrated the idea of relativity by mentioning a cicada never knowing spring or fall, but other creatures in which thousands of years are just a season to them.

So, it isn’t so much about what is morally right or wrong in that moment, but rather, it is impossible to tell all the events that unfold from the choice, thus defining it impossible to truly say anything is one or the other when you factor in all that comes from it.

On a mundane level, many years ago I wimped out going over to a guy’s place I really liked for a long time. It was my one chance, but as soon as I got to the door, I bailed and never said anything out of crippling anxiety. At the time, that was a negative experience I beat myself up for. Fast forward years later, and that turned out to be a giant blessing in disguise. My inability to even knock on his door is the reason why I dodged the not so great person he became. Social anxiety is “not good”, but holy moly am I glad it was too overwhelming for me in that moment. Just a month later he began dating someone he now has a child with. If I had done the “right” thing in that moment, be brave and face my fears, none of those “good” things would have happened.

So it’s in that way I understand him questioning what is considered virtuous, because there are times in which abiding by what is traditionally accepted as the right thing to do may have us end up in situations that aren’t good at all.