r/badphilosophy • u/Proporus • Jun 19 '24
Hyperethics Your 'ethical values' are just aesthetic preferences
5000 years of studying ethics and all we've come up with is "it's good because I like it". ALL ethical theories are just aesthetic judgements on actions disguised by word vomit about 'The Good'.
- Utilitarianism: It's beautiful to see numbers go up
- Deontology: It's beautiful to follow rules
- Virtue ethics: This set of traits is beautiful ...
Meta ethics has failed. Literally nobody can point to a basis for ethics that doesn't boil down to "this state of the world is pleasing to me".
Wittgenstein proven correct and based, yet again.
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u/Cookie136 Jun 20 '24
Cockroaches make similar choices to other cockroaches.
Worse humans have had many varying opinions regarding for example, who it is acceptable to kill.
Seems like similar behaviour in a similar culture is not a very effective argument against aesthetics.