but a need is a desire for certainty and leads to a need for a totalizing framework with which to live byhttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1393384779349852162 …
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what is the mechanism by which the NEED to be good creates evil? well.... it's complicated. bc it actually DOES create more good in the short termhttps://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1389595773071888384 …
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but the problem of good and evil is THE issue which cannot be subsumed by a framework or algorithm. any attempt to do so and create certainty out of unknown, no matter the virtuous intent or time and effort spent.... is a one way ticket into HELLhttps://thegoodplace.fandom.com/wiki/Chidi_Anagonye …
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thus any moral action must make a few iron-clad assumptions about the world it is these pylons, driven deep into the heart and soul of World, that cause it to bleed. these are the Absolutes that only a sith deals in
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yep. that's the whole explanation. turns out it was not so complicated after all instead of "OK boomer" it is "OK anakin"
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I think too that a need to be seen as good creates a fear of being seen as anything other than good. Fears are irrational and naturally spawn delusions, like doing evil while convinced you are good Image is everything , imagined Judgements are morality
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Another possibility is people cloaking their ego in the frames of good It’s easy to spot in other people, but in your head it is subtle. Eg, you always think how your actions will impact other people— empathy! But really, you are only imaging how they might complement you
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