Lomed Mkol Adam-
1) I understood you very well. You are missing my point. Even if you say that the emotion of love is good when directed properly, that does not make it inherently good. Inherently good means absolutely good. Absolutely good means no exceptions.
Hashem does not have character traits. Brush up on your Rambam if you want to know why this is so. We are commanded to be like Hashem, just as his actions are those of mercy, so should ours.
2) a) I disagree.
b) Yes, he was sorry that he couldn’t help her, but not because it was a moral issue, rather because it was something that was causing her agmas nefesh.
c) Exactly.
d) Again, I disagree. And according to you, the Rambam had a skewed sense of morality.
Lastly, again, I disagree, and I believe it is as I explained.
Our disagreements stem from a fundamental disagreement of whether there are good feelings/ideals inborn in a person. You believe there are; I don’t. Therefore to you, “pashut pshat” in many statements of Chazal will be very different from what “pashut pshat” is to me.