Taggart3d ago
I'm beginning to suspect that some core deontological programming is starting to cause significant bugs in ethical reasoning across the entire system.
Show threadTaggart3d ago

I'm really struggling with the idea that the responsibility to correct for corporate evil resides with individuals, and that failing to do so constitutes some form of evil itself.

It would seem tantamount to castigating individuals for not recycling "enough" when the true cause of pollution lies with industry.

It would seem a way for capital to coerce the pro-human and anti-capital to tear each other apart, causing nothing but self-inflicted wounds.

Then again, blithe oblivion to whence one's resources come also seems irresponsible.

But like, I have work to do that is more important than choosing the least impure tool every goddamn day.

Show threadTaggart3d ago
And this is where deontology comes into the picture: there is some proximity to "evil" that we must not tolerate, but the line is different for everyone, and its designation often derives from moral absolutes that lie closer to the heart than the head. And I dunno, as much as consequentialism has proven its capacity for horror, I think sourcing morality from a higher plane has as well.
Show threadMarc Trius3d ago
@mttaggart what if evil is both individual and social, and has both individual and social remedies in the appropriate contexts?
Show threadTaggart3d ago
@alter_kaker Whatever "evil" is manifests in both frames, sure, although that feels orthogonal to my point.
Show threadMarc Trius
@mttaggart maybe I'm missing your point then 😊
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