Intentions matter more than outcomes in morality
This hill is unclaimed. Nobody is willing to die on it. Yet. First blood pending.
- Pay, and you hold it.
- Anyone can dethrone you for more.
- Every claim stays on the record.
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The other side
Moral judgment operates on what landed in someone's life. A surgeon who meant well and left a patient paralysed has done a harm that no private motive undoes. Good intentions are cheap and unverifiable, available to anyone who avoids looking closely at consequences. The person harmed still limps. Careful people check results, because results are the only part that reaches anyone else.
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Adjacent hills to die on
Freedom should only be limited to prevent harm to others
Rational self-interest built civilization, not empathy
Children belong to themselves, not their parents
Privacy and safety cannot coexist
Ethical veganism and being pro-choice are fully consistent
Individualism benefits society more than collectivism does
More philosophy hills, all of them, or find one worth $1 of your convictions.