the mote and the log as well, and mine own eye is a lumberjack 😉

Yeah, but that's a utilitarian argument, basically quid pro quo, which in my mind is materialism, or worse, bargaining with God. IMO the Bible missed an opportunity with that verse. Or maybe I need to look closer to see if its lost in translation... Any judgement causes a reaction inside yourself - in Jungian terms, it adds something to your shadow. The shadow is all the stuff you don't want to be, or are afraid of. That's exactly what a judgement is... So the mental action of judging something as undesirable places undesirable things into your subconsciousness, and then you have to confront those things to regain your previous calm. And to confront them, you have to become them - the two ways of becoming are love and hate, which is really shadow love. Your subconsciousness will push these things up so you have to deal with them, which causes a person to become the things they hate.

I understand your premise. Though I question if one judges say drug abuse to be bad for them, then does one become destined to be a drug abuser? It is complex, discernment versus judgment.