a large problem with my sort of philosophy is that it has VERY poor implications for ethics. if we treat the World as a model, rather than as an actual existent thing, what drive do we have towards acting ethically? why should we treat others as ends, or maximise utility, or practice virtue,,, and whatnot. i guess virtue ethics Kinda works Sortabut like … What Abour The Others. ?? Here is my thoughts on how the Ezri Model deals with ethics.
Ok importantly to start is my idea of consciousness in others. i Think i uploaded here an argument in defence of believing consciousness in others with my On The Afterlife thing. Recap: the actions of others, down to their neural activity, tends to associate itself with what i know of consciousness. i am a conscious being and i display certain behaviours (harm avoidance, recreation, fw art, etc. etc.). Other people also display these behaviours and through repeated association i am drawn to believe they then are also conscious. Much like how i know it is night outside without looking out the window (my family are all asleep, my shutters are closed, my clock says so). could well be daytime, but one would be foolish to say i don’t know it’s night. things can be known through association!! i mean, ALL that is known of the World is known through association (associating sense information with reality) so likeeeee. Ok. I do a better job on it in that essay. Anyway, this means that solipsism can be RE-JECTED! thats ideal for ethics. remember tho when i say know here im referring to WITHIN the MODEL… Not actually KNOWN KNOWN to be real.. okay?
why be moral? what drives one to be moral? is there a ‘real’, objective morality – as in – is it, and has it always been so, that what is ‘wrong’ is NECESSARILY wrong? on that final question, i’m very strongly inclined to say nerp. generally, the facts we hold that are not socially constructed OR expression of bodily functions can be measured in some way. i cannot measure how hungry i am, or how beautiful something is – but that is because those are subjective things. i CAN measure objective things, such as how long a table is, how populated a square kilometre is, how warm the air is. that sort of thing. i think, also, hume’s is-ought problem is persuades me quite strongly… Sowwy. how does one derive an ought from what is?? i have a drive to act charitably – that IS – but why OUGHT i to think that? idk mannnn. Like you’ve gotta point out Morality to me, and, if you cant, then explain how to derive an ought from an is! thats just my opinion though. i am therefore led to a sort of moral subjectivism. problem here = arbitrariness. but is that a problem? i am arbitrary in all other matters of my life. my taste in fashion is totally arbitrary, as is my taste in men, as is my taste in food. my taste in what is good is different how? It seems different to me but i cant say why so i will say it isnt. this does lead to a problem in that now i have in issue in Enforcing Belief. for what reason should one stop being, say, misogynistic, if it is Totally arbitrary? Fuck if i know!! but u should if you’re reading this and you’re a misogynist either change or die
what drives one to be moral? as said before a little,, i think, really, it’s just biological and cultural. i do not believe we have any sort of metaphysical spirit that drives us to be good. this does spell a little disaster though… think of the is-ought problem. Like i mean this kind of links back to the close of the previous paragraph, why OUGHT i not be misogynistic? it IS the case that i think it is wrong, but that is just an expression of my cultural attitudes. why should i continue that. for what reason should i not just give up the idea? idk!!!!
anyway, this really shows One Thing. perhaps morality IS NOT REAL!!!! perhaps there IS NO MORALITY!!!! what i do know though is that i fw pleasure, and assumedly as does every other conscious being, and – given i want my pleasure to be increased – it seems sensible to aid others in this goal that they, presumably, hold. i have no reason to value my self over any others as i hold no Inherent Metaphysical Value. im just an belief-object processing machine. there is no reason NOT to be moral and so i will continue to do so because it brings me pleasure. Basically morality don’t know if its real but i will continue to practice itWhatever ethics isn’t my strong point. im like utilitarian but not really and omelas and utility monster and immeasurability and incomparability and the existence of time all sort of push me away from it. perhaps some sort of INTENTION to cause the greatest amount of pleasure?? idk. ok goodnight
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