Jewish way of emotion is different

Christianity and other philosophies believe that certain emotions are good while others are bad. For instance, conjunctive emotions (those which bring people together, such as love) are considered good, while disjunctive emotions (which drive people apart, such as hate) are considered bad. People are taught to avoid dysjunctive emotions at all cost and to conversely embrace conjunctive emotions indiscriminately. This is why Christiantiy reacted so badly during the Holocoust. Why would an idealist, such as Schweitzer, not protest? Because of the incomprehensible injunction to love the evil doer

Judaism never thought this way... An emotion is "good" when appropriate to the situation and "bad" when inappropriate. Hate directed at evil is a good emotion. Love directed inappropriately is a bad emotion.

For instance, the correct response to Hitler is hate and indignation. To feel love or sympathy for such a  depraved individual would be a depraved and evil reaction..

from The Rav: Thinking Aloud, p. 260

Comments

[Chaim Gershon]

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/931170/jewish/Whats-the-Jewish-Take-on-Lust.htm

not sure I agree with all in this post but very similar...

Would seem to result from external superficial focus rather than internal

CG