We have reached an interesting point in human history where we have the luxury of thinking for and only of ourselves for the first time, but this is only beause the external consequences of doing so are imperceptible to us at the time.
When you can see all three or four generations of your family, and predict the future from their names and number, the consequences are predictable. When we remove our ability to perceive such things, we falsely believe that those same consequences will not play out.
Moral theories are wonderful until the piper of time plays his tune. You may intuit that you are on a higher moral ground, but it’s just virtue signaling because you likewise can’t see the consequences.
Some of us, still do the work of measuring counting forecasting and systematizing so that you have the privilege of self confidence in your moral virtue, just as some people stay home while others fight wars, or some have no children while others do.
And if we are lucky we determine some way to solve the problems that come into being despite you. And we endure your castigation while you claim virtues and morals you do not have.
That’s what reality consists of.
So who has the moral high ground after all?
Reply addressees: @AuthorCreekmore @FrailSkeleton
Source date (UTC): 2023-03-14 03:20:57 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1635481112280440834
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