bananabrick
dionysus against the crucified, am I understood?
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after 5000 years of ethics studies the best we've come up with is "it's good because i like it."
all ethical systems are just aesthetic judgments on actions, wrapped up in word vomit about 'the good.'
utilitarianism: it's pleasing to watch numbers go up
deontology: it's pleasing to follow rules
virtue ethics: these traits are pleasing to me
beyond over for metaethics-cells. literally no one can explain a basis for ethics that doesn't come down to "this state of the world satisfies my aesthetic desires."
all ethical systems are just aesthetic judgments on actions, wrapped up in word vomit about 'the good.'
utilitarianism: it's pleasing to watch numbers go up
deontology: it's pleasing to follow rules
virtue ethics: these traits are pleasing to me
beyond over for metaethics-cells. literally no one can explain a basis for ethics that doesn't come down to "this state of the world satisfies my aesthetic desires."