Great post on this topic. I used to think about where obligations come from. ~~I came to no satisfying conclusion—the is-ought gap is a real killer xD
For me my motivation used to come from identifying as a utilitarian, until I read the replacing guilt ea sequence https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/a2LBRPLhvwB83DSGq/p/Syz3Fiqn5rBqhePiz. It really made me to a 180 on things like “I should donate to charity” and “I should be vegan” to “I want to see the world a better place, these actions help make that true, thus I want to do them”(which I think is personally much healthier for me).
I think your point 3⁄4 is a “big IF true” sort of thing, but reminds me of a “pascals wager” argument for the points that depend on it.
Great post on this topic. I used to think about where obligations come from. ~~I came to no satisfying conclusion—the is-ought gap is a real killer xD
For me my motivation used to come from identifying as a utilitarian, until I read the replacing guilt ea sequence https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/a2LBRPLhvwB83DSGq/p/Syz3Fiqn5rBqhePiz. It really made me to a 180 on things like “I should donate to charity” and “I should be vegan” to “I want to see the world a better place, these actions help make that true, thus I want to do them”(which I think is personally much healthier for me).
I think your point 3⁄4 is a “big IF true” sort of thing, but reminds me of a “pascals wager” argument for the points that depend on it.
The link doesn’t work for me
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https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/a2LBRPLhvwB83DSGq/p/Syz3Fiqn5rBqhePiz