Post #2811243
2026-04-23 19:37 UTC
@inpc@go.mxtthxw.art Suspect it more like: there are ethical implications to decisions that you don't really even think about at all and just follow what everyone else is doing without contemplation because you're too busy worrying about ethics.
And even professional ethicists do that too.
If Singer thought about it, I'm sure he'd have a different website. But he likely hasn't thought about it despite being a professional who thinks about these things.
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@Moss@beige.party 2026-04-23 21:38
@pre@boing.world @inpc@go.mxtthxw.art not to besmirch Singer, but my experience of ethicists and philosophers is they drape themselves in these “isms” (consequentialist etc) as a way to reassure themselves they are the Best Good Boy and shield themselves from criticism. In other words, even though I get your point that an ethicist of all people should have known better, IME they never do because they’re too absorbed in building constructs so they never have to doubt themselves.