Neither being an ethics professor nor completing academic ethics classes leads to any measurable improvement in moral behavior. http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2018/06/does-it-harm-philosophy-as-discipline.html …pic.twitter.com/C0LI9lQq5o
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Even Peter Singer, who is often portrayed as a near-saint, shows clear signs of the above discussed sucker-avoidance mechanism. http://reason.com/archives/2000/12/01/the-pursuit-of-happiness-peter …pic.twitter.com/X4t6wGv3kA
And this is exactly how identity politics rolls
The quality of mercy IS strained
Could it be that we are approaching the problem too late? Teaching ethics might be useless for someone with behaviors practically engrained in their personality, but what about children?
Yep, people need to be trained, not just taught.
The main reason is simply compartmentalization. If I know the recipe for a cake but have never baked one, then I'm not particularly more likely to be a baker.
By contrast, if I have to bake a cake to pass my class - perhaps by imitation, rather than recipe, or other alternatives - then I am indeed more likely to bake a cake at home.
It's also entirely plausible that the theory they're currently taught is wrong. I'm informed the theory in use is moral relativism, a theory so decrepit it holds nothing can be factually wrong, and could even justify genocide.
This is why systemic solutions to moral problems are so much more effective than relying on individual moral heroism. For example, rather than pressuring people to go vegan by radically altering their diets we should focus on creating vegan substitutes for animal products.
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