On Hypocrisy

I would say "Judge not hypocritically" as that was the intent, as seen in the following passages of Matthew 7 (the "Plank-eye").

There are at least 5 types of judgments; Civil, Criminal, Moral, Hypocritical (false) and Divine. You could add the believer's judgment (righteous) as it is well-versed in Scripture. We have to judge in the first two at least, or chaos in society would result.

We all love to say "Do not judge!" because we have many sins that would bring judgment on us as well. It is Pride that makes us shout this admonition, not reality. We deserve judgment as we are all guilty of Sin."

The essence of hypocrisy is that I judge someone of a moral failure of which I am guilty. However, if by so doing, this prevents further immorality, than is not that hypocrisy irrelevant? For example, let's say I'm a shoplifter and I see someone shoplifiting and admonish him to not shoplift. If he knows that I'm a shoplifted, he could rebuke me for my insincerity. However, my words could suffice to push him away from his thievery. If he doesn't know that I'm a shoplifter, perhaps my words could inject a sense of remorse and guilt that could put him on the right path. In both cases, so long as the ultimately outcome is moral, I'm not sure I see how my own immorality is relevant.

There is also a pyschological dimension. Sometimes, the hypocrite may lack the self-insight to see the same character flaws that he condemns in others. This may be the case in preachers who have scandels. They may be the most shocked of all that they perpetrated the scandels. Also, possibly, hypocrisy may kind of a firewall against fanaticism. Too much sincerity for its own sake can in itself be evil if the motives and actions are evil. Finally, hypocrisy or the lack thereof no relevancy to either truth or morality. Is it really meaningful that a concentration camp prison camp guard was sincere in his convictions?