Why compassion is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, stupid, useless, wrong foundation for ethics. https://meaningness.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/traditional-buddhism-has-no-ethical-system/#compassion …
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Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@vgr I am quite confused by all this which is normal, but which one fares the best in terms of ethics&morality in your opinion?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chandr125
@vgr Ultimately, no foundation is possible; but that does not imply ethical nihilism. Foundations are unnecessary.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@vgr a) derivable from foundations b) enumerative - a list do's&don'ts Is that the lay of the land and you believe in b)?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chandr125
@vgr Neither of the above. Unfortunately, I haven’t yet written up what I do think, and it’s too difficult for twitter. Sorry!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness@vgr understood.140 char treatise on ethics is hard! :) Is yours personal & original or interpretation of a tradition?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@chandr125 @vgr Every “original” idea has antecedents, so it’s difficult to say. Some of it’s probably newish.
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