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Moral Arguments Are Self-Delusional

December 22, 2017
3,141 words (~15 minutes) Tags: morality mythology psychology

Often those who expound moral sentiments justify them by articulating a moral argument, i.e., a chain of reasoning in which conclusions are inferred from premises and whose ultimate conclusion is a moral judgment. I consciously and emphatically avoid moral arguments. In this meditation I articulate my reasons by examining the social intuitionist model of moral psychology.

Reality versus Morality

December 3, 2017
4,766 words (~23 minutes) Tags: morality

Morality is one of the most common features of human thought. It is also a prolific source of fallacies. A conspicuous feature of my worldview is that I enforce a strict separation between my beliefs about reality and my moral sentiments. In this meditation I articulate this separation and my motive for enforcing such a separation.