Metaethics

Examination of the foundations and nature of ethics itself.

Posts

• Against Cosmic Utility - Repugnant Conclusion (Parfit) exposes population ethics flaw. Classical util: World with 10B bar
• The Death of Objective Morality - Morality = structured hierarchy of preferences, not special kind of truth. Most believe/act as i
• Virtues, Consequences, and Codes - Three great ethical traditions rebuilt without objectivity illusion. **All assume moral truth gr
• Reasonable Disagreement - Meta-level insight: Reasonable people can disagree even with same information. Despite rigorous
• Begging The Question - This post critiques Derek Parfit’s On What Matters—at first glance magnum opus of philosopher