The first edition was quite long, so this time, I’m going to write as I go. It turns out that writing as I go becomes…
For the purposes of this article, I’ll adopt a traditional simple virtue-based rule-of-thumb to eyeball the morality of an entity or complex of behaviors: is…
Preamble In Virtue Ethics Qua Learning Theory, I fleshed out the basic ethical principles, paradigms, and considerations in connection with (reinforcement) learning theory. My definition…
tl;dr – I have converted to virtue ethics because it is tractable and can embed consequentialism and deontology. Moreover, I have realized that ethics is…
Sometimes people call me a troll even though I have no such intent! Who’s right? And does a lie have to be intentional? — or…
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with various forms of mettic well-wishing. I caught myself spontaneously indulging in loving fantasies for others and realized the Brahma-Vihara (loving-kindness,…
Since 2011 a significant portion of my personal philosophies have been grounded in values, which, wondrously and frustratingly, do not seem readily reducible. However, values can…
Today I’m going to ramble about ethics. Ethical systems are frameworks for guiding how we interact with others. I suppose this could include our ethics…