Ellis Arcwolf (Author)With some assistance, I was able to go into detail about my philosophical positions on things! Here's what I learned about my belief system and how it fits into the Zeitgeist! I'm pretty excited about it. 😊
Apparently, I'm a Naturalized Ethical Theorist whose normative system is Neurobiological Constrained Utilitarianism, grounded in the metaphysical foundation of Nihilistic Absurdism. My system of beliefs attempts to resolve the conflict between cosmic meaninglessness and the imperative for human action. Albert Camus would've been like, " 😔 🚬 "
I'm not sure I would've know what that means, but I would've thought it was a very cool answer. 😅
▶ Metaphysics
◆ Nihilistic Absurdism
◈ Ultimate Autonomy: The universe is acknowledged as fundamentally indifferent, offering no external meaning. This grants the individual ultimate autonomy, establishing the right to decide that the confrontation with the absurd is not worth the effort, making suicide a metaphysically valid "opt-out."
▶ Ethics
◆ Naturalized Ethical Theory:
◈ Core Belief: Morality is a rational construct based on observable, empirical facts about humanity, specifically our neurobiology and psychoemotional needs.
◈ The Absurdist Revolt: Since no cosmic meaning exists, meaning must be created. The system grounds this created meaning in observable reality—the universal, empirical facts of human biology and psychology.
◈ The Five Core Neurobiological Needs (The Neurobiological Minimum): These are the empirically-defined constraints that must be met for all people to ensure stability and psychological health, serving as the absolute floor for utility maximization:
◇ Care/Harm: The desire to protect kin and avoid suffering.
◇ Fairness/Reciprocity: The need for justice and proportional treatment.
◇ Loyalty/Belonging: The need for in-group cohesion and security.
◇ Authority/Respect: The need for social order and legitimate hierarchy.
◇ Sanctity/Degradation: The need for purity, dignity, and bodily integrity.
◆ Neurobiological Constrained Utilitarianism
◈ Ethical Duty: For those who choose to live, the duty is to maximize the greatest good (utility) for the collective, but this goal is strictly constrained by the absolute requirement that the species-wide Neurobiological Minimum of all people must be met.
◈ The Ethical Contract & Defense: This system is an "all or nothing" contract. Active violation of the Minimum by an individual agent results in the forfeiture of that individual's protection, allowing for self-defense and institutional justice.
◇ Restriction on Harming Populations vs. Individuals: Harming an entire population is strictly forbidden, as it constitutes a systematic and unjust violation of the Neurobiological Minimum for countless innocent non-agents within that group.
◈ Eudaimonia: Human flourishing is achieved when one lives authentically by engaging in one's own ethical system; adherence to these self-created, rational duties fulfills the core psychoemotional need for integrity and meaning, generating the highest personal utility.
So... what about you? 💙 😺
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