Morality / MetaEthics

Here's the posts about morality, or more precisely, metaethics.


Here We Have Earth - Allegory about how morality insulates us from the harm we inflict on others

Is it Time to Deconstruct Our Morality?

What Kind of Robots are We? - Volition and morality

Genesis of Morality - Morality explained in terms of how we would create it

Interview With My Inner Fake Socialist - Allegory showing how morality can reduce compassion

The Grossman Conjecture - Morality killing compassion again, this time on the libertarian side

The Benevolent Nazis - Benevolence versus morality

Desire Utilitarianism Versus Secular Benevolism: Initial Thoughts

Against Reducing Morality to Benevolence

Diary of a Person Confused About the Relief of Suffering, Chapter 7: Morality and Suffering

Example of Equal Footing Phobia: Kelley's circular moral realism presumption on the word "endorse"

The Equivocation of Musts - Some mental trickery behind moralism

Cognitive Prerequisite Baiting - Some more mental trickery behind moralism

The Bizarre Experience of Peikoff's "Life as the Standard of Value" Lecture- Moral realism as a neurotic symptom of our suffering

Too Little Remorse and Too Much Remorse - Comment on the callousness of morality

Reflections on the Mackie Intro Chapter - What non-moralists learn from arguing with moralists

Pan-Deontics - Those who see morality everywhere

Jason McQuinn Describes the Pan-Deontic

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