Scratchin Mamba

2y

Yeah I've become allergic to evolutionary psychology as well to an extent bc of that lmao but you can't dismiss it totally just bc reactionaries apply it to every tradition that they want to keep in place yk

And the ethics of stealing is again something that definitely is socialized to a very large extent, but in what way really? Like i personally don't see there's rly all that much wrong with stealing from those who got what they have from exploitation in the first place like large corporations. Many others would disagree ofc, but isn't this exactly an example of where morality becomes more complicated and subjective because society has similar to unequal compensation?

blonded

2y

yea exactly that's why i just go with saying morality is relative

Scratchin Mamba

2y

But maybe not completely

Womanpuncher69

2y

Never really thought or read about ethical philosophy so why not, dont really trust the result either cause I got Aquinus and reading those points I think hes bs

blonded

2y

some of those questions confusing my brain ngl

ASAKI

2y

it'd be kinda hard to understand some of the questions without some prior philosophy classes. The universal law question and the notion of a means to an end is peak Kant (categorical imperative), for example.

Womanpuncher69

2y

Never really thought or read about ethical philosophy so why not, dont really trust the result either cause I got Aquinus and reading those points I think hes bs

blonded

2y

yeah i got the gist of most questions but had to think for a bit on some of them. i'm curious how much the priority slider comes into play because I didn't mess with it much

ASAKI

2y

I barely touched it either, I think it increases the % number of those philosophers you're already inclined with.

For example, this is what I got:

I am definitely not 100% inclined with Kant, but it's probably because I didn't touch the slider on his questions.

ASAKI

2y

Aquinas is massively important to the field of philosophy. The site isn't a good indicator of his thought.

dedalusbloom

2y

I already know I'm a Hegelian Marxist

Scratchin Mamba

2y

Marx never went into moral philosophy tho

blonded

2y

i feel like a lot of what people view as objective morality comes from socialization as opposed to an innate internal feeling (but that might just be me swinging too hard against evo psych cuz people misrepresent that s*** all the time). like how many people simply say stealing is wrong or so and so is wrong because it's the law?

maybe they wouldn't keep that view if pressed on it but i think a lot of things that some people hold as objectively good or objectively bad could be flipped to the opposite with enough time and socialization

Moonchaser

2y

Socrates 100% easily

Chubby Gambino

2y

Wild that I stumble on this thread and see this post because I was just thinking earlier about how people say stuff like "It was a different time" about slavery That s*** sound like it's excusing slavery to me. You shouldn't need society or laws to tell you it's wrong to whip people and treat them in such an inhumane manner. Like there's definitely some stuff that's objectively bad morally

blonded

2y

yea exactly that's why i just go with saying morality is relative