a lot of ethical thinking seem to lead to mean results take the book Ishmael. basically a gorilla says that farmers who refuse to move r the root of all evil via cain-abel murder spirits
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if u agree with the gorilla then u have to believe in nomadism as a virtue. but if u r reading ishmael your r likely more empathetic than most and will sympathize with the nimbys and the those who refuse to move
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so now u r stuck. u have a explanation that says “refusal to Exit forces the hand of violence” but u also want to “stand and fight” for what’s right it’s the same conundrum as “fighting” for peace when all u have is guns and bombs
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the result of all ur moral inquiry seems to lead to acceptance and going with the flow as the path to kindness and love but u r also itching to DO something. u wanted a weapon, a supreme secret, and all u got was a banana
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this is when the young hotheaded youth overthrows the peace loving elder as a weak fool and says “we have to FIGHT!!!”
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because the idealistic morality of the elders was believed to be a magic silver bullet, it is thrown out completely as weakness when it is shown not be a instrument of will to power but the dropping of weapons
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this untethers morality. the cynic is the optimist who believed too much. rather than live and love in a state of moral anxiety one chooses instead the totalitarian absolutes of sith lordshttps://youtu.be/ATlila3e9dM
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