I believe in unconditional love, but I feel like there's a lot of context to that which has to be explained to even respond to what this author is saying. Firs

I believe in unconditional love, but I feel like there's a lot of context to that which has to be explained to even respond to what this author is saying. First, if love is extended to someone based on who they are, that's a condition, it's not unconditional. Unconditional love doesn't make sense if it's only extended to one or a few people--it has to be extended to everyone, universally. So talk of switching brains or bodies makes little sense: if you love unconditionally, you love both people, and switching their brain/body configurations is irrelevant to that. In that context, I think what actions you take based on unconditional love are more nuanced. I do think love necessarily affects your actions, but unconditional love for one person needs to be balanced with unconditional love for other people. Typically you don't kill someone if you love them, but I think it would be possible to both love Hitler and kill Hitler, because your love of Hitler has to be balanced with love for the victims of the holocaust. People who do horrible things are the hardest to love I think--but loving those people is important, because without love people only become worse. It seems plausible to me that if Hitler had experienced more love, the Holocaust might have been prevented. Daryl Davis talking over 200 KKK members into giving up their robes[1] comes to mind as an example of how loving people who do terrible things can be extremely powerful. And critically, "everyone" includes yourself, so unconditional love means loving yourself. So the "to what i am able to do with or to this person" thing isn't true: loving someone unconditionally doesn't mean you let them walk all over you, because your unconditional love for that person is balanced with unconditional love for yourself. I'll also add that unconditional love for yourself also means having reasonable expectations for yourself and prioritizing what love you take action upon. Talking KKK members into leaving the KKK is admirable, but it's beyond what can reasonable be expected of people. And if love of Hitler is something that comes up for you often, you might be better served exerting that loving energy toward someone who isn't a dead genocidal dictator. [1] https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinc...