Altruism
An inspirational idea for non-serious people that is neither aspirational nor coherent.
Discussions about altruism generally begin with hopeful enthusiasm but ultimately degrade into an insoluble mess of muddled dead ends. Because of this predictable trajectory, conversations about altruism are likely a waste of our time, but if we insist, we will soon embody irony.
It is troubling to notice that attempting to discuss moral purity often makes us feel fundamentally demoralized and lost. The weakness of altruism as a coherent idea is often used as a springboard to introduce alternatives like moral relativism, which is even less coherent than altruism.
This should tell us something about the deceptive nature of language and our complicity in the proliferation of STUPID ideas simply because they appeal to our intellectual laziness.
Posted: 30 Dec 2022
