Morality series
Secular Morality series1. Punishment is not really about free will2. Morality and killing3. Morality applied to animals4. Hell5. Devil's offer6. A secular God7. Morality derived from space colonizati...
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Devil's offer
Imagine that humanity is offered the following deal:All living humans will enjoy 100 more years of healthy and happy life, finished by a peaceful death in sleep. Immediately after signing the deal, hu...
Evil as striving for a local maximum
Let's observe first that we tend to attribute evil when there is a sufficient capacity of understanding the consequences of one's actions. A small child that produces a tragical accident is not consid...
On "morality derived from space colonization"
"Morality derived from space colonization" defines as the highest "Good" the survival of humans in case of an eventual global Earth cataclysm. I believe that such goal (humanity preservation) is likel...
On "Metaphysics of Quality" of Robert M. Pirsig
"It's more moral for a doctor to kill a germ than to allow the germ to kill his patient. The germ wants to live. The patient wants to live. But the patient has moral precedence because he's at a highe...
Morality derived from space colonization
I claim that most of the modern moral problems can be translated into "does this increases the likelihood of space colonization for humans?" This covers both traditional religious-based moral and more...
The meaning of human life - for me, now
If there is a meaning of life, then this meaning should only be achievable as long as life exists. You could still believe in a meaning "after life", however I personally find it unlikely. If the mean...