Rx_Hawk [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoDo you view accelerationism as ethical and/or viable?message-squaremessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareDo you view accelerationism as ethical and/or viable?Rx_Hawk [he/him]@hexbear.net to askchapo@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarePhilosoraptor [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 months agoI’m not sure emotions really have an ethical valence at all. You can be happy or sad about whatever you want without it being blameworthy or praiseworthy. I don’t think it’s ethical to actively make things worse, though.
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThis. Ethics is a system of rules to follow for cya reasons. It’s not much to do with personal beliefs and morality.
I’m not sure emotions really have an ethical valence at all. You can be happy or sad about whatever you want without it being blameworthy or praiseworthy. I don’t think it’s ethical to actively make things worse, though.
This. Ethics is a system of rules to follow for cya reasons. It’s not much to do with personal beliefs and morality.