Jack's New Ethos

Tag: morality

  • On Moral Temperance

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    Jack Neoveris
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    Pragmatically, there are few arguments for moral excellence. We are not bee or colony animals, so it simply isn’t human to sacrifice ourselves wholesale for the greater good and think of that as a viable strategy. Now, we have jobs to keep and children to protect—survival is important in the average human ethos. Yet, without…

  • On Structural Absurdism

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    Jack Neoveris
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    Musings on Philosophy The universe is both ordered and absurd. Such a universe cannot create a “should” or an “ought” on its own; it can only determine what “is.” To create an “ought” requires intent, which is only effective within one’s own mind. When acting upon itself, the will has the potential to exert control.…