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"The system" is what we choose to build. It isn't some unchangeable fundamental part of nature. We choose if it does, or doesn't have morality. It's depressing
by groby_b 7y ago
"The system" is what we choose to build. It isn't some unchangeable fundamental part of nature. We choose if it does, or doesn't have morality. It's depressing so few choose morality, and then hide behind "it's the system". It's a choice. I wish people would own that choice, if they chose a system without morality, without consideration for their fellow humans.
And yes, I do pity him. His life is sad, and empty, and his final note is heartbreaking.
"My dear Nina: Can't help it. Things have been bad with me. I am tired of fighting. Can't carry on any longer. This is the only way out. I am unworthy of your love. I am a failure. I am truly sorry, but this is the only way out for me. Love Laurie"
- cercatrova 7y agoNot necessarily. Systems can become amoral even if actors in the system are moral. Consider corporations. Their fitness function so to speak is to amass capital, as much as possible in fact. Even if everyone inside were moral, they are tended towards actions that increase capital, while not necessarily having all the responsibility of the decision, and so their morality does not come into play, because they don't know the true extent of their decisions. Responsibility throughout the organization therefore diffuses. It is like an ant colony, where each individual performs actions whose combined effects give the entire system some sense of individuality separate from its components.
- rhizome 7y agoCapitalism is the system, which can and does have moral constraints, the set of which defines and distinguishes one implementation of capitalism from another. However, capital itself is amoral and has no such limitations.