Is objectivity subjective?
What is an object’s location, without a subject?Without a subject, what is the size, or present state of any object?An object without a subject cannot be pointed at, so where is it?Subjectivity places …
What if there were only one commandment?
Social inequality creates a state of temptation that places those who are not tempted at an advantage. If society had limited your opportunities and your status so that the way for you to …
The Ethical Logic of Continuity
The Universe is moral because it persists. Purpose and meaning are self consistent processes. All purpose is derived from valuing existential continuity – self consistent process loops of continuity aggregating into mutually validating …
Is valuing a moral act?
Part 1 – The Ethics of Intention “…good intentions in human affairs are often deceptive. If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, it is partly because that is the road …
Irrespective Of Perspective: POV w/o me
Existence assumes a first person point of view Second and third persons don’t ring true It’s conceited to act as though they do Truth is first person singular Most people think we have …
The Ethics of Existence
Is there a universal categorical hierarchy that is intrinsically purposeful? What is liberating about an ethical hierarchy built on the idea that existence precedes value? Normative morality and ethics have sought to supply …
Stop denying who “the least of these” are!
“Because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40 This is the universal path to moral development: Remember the least of us. …
The faux fur, imitation meat, and leather dilemma
If you are an ethical vegan you have probably been told that vintage leather is “your choice.” Implying that other aspects of being vegan were not a choice but somehow used leather is …
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Alien thought experiments
The most direct access to post-conventional ethical principles that move beyond ethics by authority “might makes right” or by societal norms, is to challenge our socialization by projecting outside of it, using moral …
Why ethics matters
What is ethics or morals, and how does what matters in life depend on it? At the most straightforward level ethics is values. Ethics say what is of value and how to value it. …
