So this morning as I was nursing the baby I was thinking, Sol, you - TopicsExpress



          

So this morning as I was nursing the baby I was thinking, Sol, you are just good. Everything about you is good. You are the Platonic form of Good made flesh. And then I thought, could you build a whole system of ethics off that? Like, starting with the definition that Good = babies. So then virtuous behavior is that which tends to produce and nourish babies, and evil behavior is that which would harm a baby. Altruism is virtuous because its required for nurturing a baby; brutality is evil because it brings harm to babies. All social instincts that lead to stable family structures are virtuous because they produce and nourish babies. All social instincts that lead to warfare and violence are evil because they bring harm to babies. And then I thought, you know what, Im pretty sure that this is how our naive moral intuitions already work. I figured this one out for you, philosophers! Youre welcome!
Posted on: Sun, 06 Apr 2014 17:39:02 +0000

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