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Tag Archives: Ethics
If the collapse of the world is inevitable, then is it wrong to hasten it? What are the ethical considerations of this course of action?
If the collapse of the world is inevitable, then is it wrong to hasten it? What are the ethical considerations of this course of action? [ 24/May/21 ] If one believes that anything is inevitable, then one will be drawn … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, Ethics, Morality, uncertainty, understanding
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Response to reply to Would it be unethical to say that there are too many people on Earth
Would it be unethical to say that there are too many people on Earth? [ 9/May/21 ] Hi Yosef It is an issue of system constraints, of the matter and energy flows and mathematics. We live on a big ball … Continue reading
Would it be unethical to say that there are too many people on Earth?
Would it be unethical to say that there are too many people on Earth? [ 22/April/21 ] At present – yes. That would imply one valued some other metric higher than individual life and security, and the long term probability … Continue reading
What is the central theme that makes up the moral law that governs the earth and the earth itself and inhabitants?
What is the central theme that makes up the moral law that governs the earth and the earth itself and inhabitants? [ 20/April/21 ] The survival of complexity over deep time and across a wide variety of dynamic contexts. If … Continue reading
Is ethics without religion possible
[ 14/Mar/21 Walter Kant – The Foundations of Logic – Is Ethics without religion possible?] Yes. When one understands the strategic systemic underpinnings of the process of evolution, and one has a reasonable self interest in living a very long … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, Ethics, religion, Responsibility, understanding
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Responsibility for discoveries
Scientists accept no responsibility for what is done with their discoveries. Do scientists believe that science is more important than humanity? [ 7/Mar/21 ] Anil Mitra and Scott Currier both give reasonable answers, but the question is not accurate. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged complexity, Ethics, Responsibility, Risk, risk mitigation, science
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Quora – Will global warming, automation, wealth inequality, in the future lead to a dystopian Authoritarian populist Eco-fascism/eco-socialism and or even societal collapse or will it all instead lead to a sustainable post-growth, Post -capitalist world?
Will global warming, automation, wealth inequality, in the future lead to a dystopian Authoritarian populist Eco-fascism/eco-socialism and or even societal collapse or will it all instead lead to a sustainable post-growth, Post -capitalist world? [ 1/8/20 ] In so far … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Ideas, Longevity, Nature, Our Future, Philosophy, Politics, Technology, understanding
Tagged Communication, complexity, cooperation, Economics, Ethics, freedom, future, Longevity, Politics, risk mitigation, technology, uncertainty, understanding, values
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Why do we need ethics and culture?
Why do we need ethics and culture? [ 15/6/20 ] For me, ethics is a subset of culture. Ethics seems to me to be some evolved approximation to a set of prescriptions on activities that are either required to be … Continue reading
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Tagged complexity, Ethics, Evolution, understanding
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To a comment from Joe Brewer on Daniel’s Portal post
Comment from Joe Brewer on Daniel’s Portal post [ 6/4/20 Joe wrote – “… The collapses ARE inevitable—they are part of the self-organizing dynamics of pattern formation inherent to the globalized economy as it came to be structured.”] Yes, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, Communication, complexity, cooperation, Economics, Ethics, freedom, future, Philosophy, Politics, Responsibility, risk mitigation, understanding
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Quora – Don’t ethics just hold us back from achieving what we want?
Quora – Don’t ethics just hold us back from achieving what we want? [ 3/3/20 ] In one sense yes – that is entirely the point. From an evolutionary perspective, ethics is about the sorts of behaviours that allow large … Continue reading
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