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All modern moral systems have extremely serious defects where they can be gamed. Repugnant conclusion, the entire concept of deontology, etc. Virtue Ethics is u
by aeneasmackenzie 4y ago
All modern moral systems have extremely serious defects where they can be gamed. Repugnant conclusion, the entire concept of deontology, etc. Virtue Ethics is ungameable.
- FeepingCreature 4y agoVirtue ethics is gameable if you can make virtues conflict.
- AlexandrB 4y agoWhich is trivial: pro-life vs. pro-choice, free-speech vs. anti-harassment, etc. I don't think there's anyone on any part of the political spectrum who thinks their ideas are not virtuous.
- aeneasmackenzie 4y agoThis is a feature, not a bug. Casuistry is the science of determining the correct course of action in a complex situation. It’s complicated because the world is complicated. Attempting to create a moral system from first order logic (deontology) or a linear system (utilitarianism) was doomed from the start.