I have been thinking recently about my moral philosophy, specifically that I should have one. I do not believe there is an empirically objective morality; even morality contrived by a hypothetical creator god has questionable objective value. Individuals create quasi-unique moralities from their intuition and interaction with cultural mores. One hopes that moral intuitions tap into something universally real, but it is difficult to distinguish intuition from delusion. Like all philosophical beliefs, moralities should be developed partially through discourse in order to dampen the effects of insane and evil individuals. I am, however, skeptical about morality by cultural consensus, since I find many cultural moralities abhorrent. It is an issue with no easy solution.
I have refined my moral impulses and musings into four primary values. These are life, ecstasy, truth, and evolution. Life is self-explanatory. The ecstasy category is a variant the pleasure principle--it consists of decreasing the suffering and increasing the happiness of oneself and others. Truth includes honesty, rationality and empiricism. Evolution is development and increasing enlightenment. It contains such values as responsibility, liberty, knowledge and wisdom.
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Hi Hari!
I'm extremely interested in your blog. Because you are an interesting person, and what goes on inside your head interests me.
I find your evolution category to be the most interesting. Knowledge is in evolution and not in truth? Also wisdom. It's interesting.
Anyway. I'm excited to read more!
Love much,
Rowan
"Knowledge is in evolution and not in truth?"
I think it is in both; I haven't expanded all the derivatives from my four main categories, I just gave a couple of examples of derivatives.
Oh, Hari.
Also, Sorbus?
Genus and species name for Rowan.
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