The Burden Of Morality

The misguided motivators: Good and Bad.

Preface: Let me first say this, I’m not interested in producing works of academic philosophy, irrefutable proofs, or works of over-referenced, “research philosophy.” While I do have the utmost respect for these different methods of approaching the practice of philosophy, and I recognize their value as intellectual works, they are not representative of my way of thinking. While I am, often despite myself, driven by rationality and the forces of reason and logic, I believe it impossible for these modes of thought alone to create any sort of comprehensive (or accurate) philosophical description, or study, of human experience; the human mind is conflicted and driven by passions—these qualities are every bit as real, legitimate, and—indeed—essential to the philosophy of humanity as are the practiced disciplines of reason and logic. I therefore work to integrate human feeling and intuition, alongside reason and logic, into my “philosophy of human experience.”

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It takes little time for me to become both exhausted and vexed by what’s commonly recognized as moral philosophy, or the philosophy of ethics. It all seems so endless and misguided—in a word: futile.

The study of ethics does not need to invest any more time in its sterile and progress-devoid contemplations over the myriad moral-dilemma…