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As I understand it: You don't make your categorical imperative (its just one btw), and it has nothing to do with moral, law or truth. And yes, it covers all edg

As I understand it: You don't make your categorical imperative (its just one btw), and it has nothing to do with moral, law or truth. And yes, it covers all edge cases but it won't work because they can't build that many Porsches. Successful leaders would probably refine it and create subcategorical categories that can be handled in ways that are a better fit for their special local case of imperativeness, which means you might still be on the right track after all

MaxBarraclough 2y ago
> just one btw You're right, yes, I should have gathered that from both the name and the use of that maxim, which is clearly singular. > it has nothing to do with moral, law or truth That's not right, it's talking about morality. > it covers all edge cases but it won't work because they can't build that many Porsches I'm not sure what you mean here. I don't see a serious refutation of my main point. Every moral decision is unique in at least some detail, and trying to cover all edge-cases in a rules-based morality is a losing battle. From a quick look at Wikipedia [0] it seems Kant's categorical imperative falls at the first hurdle - he asserted that lying, or deception of any kind, would be forbidden under any interpretation and in any circumstance. Absurd. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative#Deception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative#Decepti...
- mediumsmart 2y ago
  Moral can only be singular too if it exists, so what choice can there be? > That's not right, it's talking about morality. Not quite right then - 2 out of 3 aint bad >I'm not sure what you mean here. it is something of a hunch that categorically noone is going to have a porsche or everyone. I will rephrase that maybe. >Every moral decision is unique in at least some detail, Which detail? how does it matter what kind of food you give a hungry person? >rules-based morality is a losing battle Now were talking - you want something that will work with real humans while I am admiring the concept. >he asserted that lying, or deception of any kind, would be forbidden under any interpretation and in any circumstance. Absurd. exactly - the absurd is the essential concept and the first truth

MaxBarraclough 2y ago

> just one btw You're right, yes, I should have gathered that from both the name and the use of that maxim, which is clearly singular. > it has nothing to do with moral, law or truth That's not right, it's talking about morality. > it covers all edge cases but it won't work because they can't build that many Porsches I'm not sure what you mean here. I don't see a serious refutation of my main point. Every moral decision is unique in at least some detail, and trying to cover all edge-cases in a rules-based morality is a losing battle. From a quick look at Wikipedia [0] it seems Kant's categorical imperative falls at the first hurdle - he asserted that lying, or deception of any kind, would be forbidden under any interpretation and in any circumstance. Absurd. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative#Deception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative#Decepti...

mediumsmart 2y ago
Moral can only be singular too if it exists, so what choice can there be? > That's not right, it's talking about morality. Not quite right then - 2 out of 3 aint bad >I'm not sure what you mean here. it is something of a hunch that categorically noone is going to have a porsche or everyone. I will rephrase that maybe. >Every moral decision is unique in at least some detail, Which detail? how does it matter what kind of food you give a hungry person? >rules-based morality is a losing battle Now were talking - you want something that will work with real humans while I am admiring the concept. >he asserted that lying, or deception of any kind, would be forbidden under any interpretation and in any circumstance. Absurd. exactly - the absurd is the essential concept and the first truth