There’s literally no possible way to systematize ethics without ending up somewhere puzzling.
Central plank of this perspective: systematizing ethics may not be the best idea, but some kinds of folks have a hard time recognising this. Systematising has its merits but if you find ideological mess hard to tolerate, you shouldn’t be a king.
Central plank of this perspective: systematizing ethics may not be the best idea, but some kinds of folks have a hard time recognising this. Systematising has its merits but if you find ideological mess hard to tolerate, you shouldn’t be a king.
Related reading:
Karnofsky on worldview diversification.
Karnofsky on sequence vs cluster thinking.
Possibly the most underrated criticism of EA on the EA Forum.
There’s also Nick Beckstead disavowing his earlier “hardcore utilitarianism” in favour of something like Tyler Cowen’s two thirds utilitarianism.
I myself am a moral anti-realist, so I don’t care much about these debates, though it’s perpetually interesting to see debates on morality.