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fromA Philosopher's Blog
1 week ago

THE GOOD BILLIONAIRE, REVISITED

Vast wealth is generally incompatible with being morally good because a morally good person would use resources to help others rather than withhold them.
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fromA Philosopher's Blog
1 week ago

Helping Nature

Killing invasive species is ethically defensible only when it prevents greater ecological harm, but practical and conceptual uncertainties complicate such judgments.
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fromAeon
4 weeks ago

What Godel's incompleteness theorems say about AI morality | Aeon Essays

AI, while unburdened by emotion and bias, may not grasp morality as humans do, potentially replicating human ethical limitations instead of transcending them.
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fromApaonline
2 months ago

Oscar Wilde's Radical Philosophy Is a Modern Battle Cry

Oscar Wilde's philosophies challenge state control and promote individual freedom and artistic expression against utilitarianism's demands for conformity.
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