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David Chapman
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David Chapman

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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 19 Dec 2018
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      Meta-systematic ethics: the clearest, most concise explanation I’ve read! Recognize both the value of ethical principles, and their inherent limitations & unavoidable contradictions. Contextual interpretation resolves moral problems. By @reasonisfun http://www.reasonisfun.com/articles/popperian-morality/ …pic.twitter.com/WrLlJOU5cd

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    2. '*•:Ḟreyjạ:•*'‏ @utotranslucence 20 Dec 2018
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      And then once you have multiple ethical systems and they’re staring you in the face and you still need to make a decision, what then? My current (not super helpful) strategies include: Flip-flopping Comparative ethics Intuitive guesses All feel weak and messy. Ideas?

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    3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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      Hard to say anything without a lot more context, but... accepting moral messiness is a key first step in "fluid ethics" it seems. It's equivalent to admitting that no system can give a definite answer.

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    4. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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      “Weak”… the antidote to that is confidence developed through experience—not confidence that you’ll always do the right thing (which is not possible), but confidence in your basically good intentions and good sense and likelihood of nearly always doing something reasonably OK.

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    5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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      Adherence to a system provides comfort that you will do the right thing if you follow its dictates. When you lose faith in systems, you can feel torn and lost and in danger of falling into a pit without principles to support you. [“stage 4.5”] The stakes seem very high…

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    6. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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      “Fluidity” includes a renewed sense of general comfort with ethics, partly from confidence in yourself, but also a sense that the stakes are not dramatically higher than the practical consequences. You don’t bother with obsessive ethical angst on top of practical decisions.

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    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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      Uh, I have some points in this collection of giant IOUs that might possibly be relevant (albeit extremely condensed):https://meaningness.com/ethics 

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    8. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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      Especially if you are suffering from ethical dilemmas, you should probably be less ethical. It makes you unhappy and doesn’t do anyone else any good. (This sounds either evil or like a joke, but it is serious, although it has to be taken the right way.)pic.twitter.com/qWydG3UW8T

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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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      Excessive consideration of ethics can sometimes be a way of trying to convince your self that you are OK, motivated by fear that you aren’t. That’s unhelpful, and best let go of. https://meaningness.com/self pic.twitter.com/ptMtC5OjDg

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        2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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          Accurate ethical decision-making is easier when you lose interest in evaluating yourself. That’s an extraneous distraction. It can also lead to harm to others a well as yourself if you try to be a saint and fail.

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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 20 Dec 2018
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          I don’t agree with everything Alan Watts says in this lecture on YouTube, but he does get that point across… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI6bPH5H5NI …pic.twitter.com/KuZ1Ing72d

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