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    Philosophy of a Martyr
    Philosophy of a Martyr
    Philosophy of a Martyr
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    Philosophy of a Martyr

    By Adam Richard

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    A unique ethical system is defended here. Commonly, the moral sense is thought to arise from evolution, as a sense of duty to one’s clan. It is here argued that this sense is in fact a red herring, and that there is a true ethics less sought after which natural selection in fact selects against. The position is derived from first principles in the beginning sections. In the later sections, specific examples of ethical principles falling into this system are given. If certain ethical beliefs are more likely to survive than others, then how do we go about finding out which ethics, if any, are real? If society has conditioned us into believing that what it wants is ethical, then how can we distinguish its conditioning from true ethics?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdam Richard
    Release dateAug 24, 2013
    ISBN9781301715121
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      Philosophy of a Martyr - Adam Richard

      Philosophy of a Martyr

      Adam Richard

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      Contents

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      Chapter 2: The Attempt To Elide One’s Own Viewpoint

      Chapter 3: Eliding the Conscience

      Chapter 4: In Search of the True Morality

      Chapter 5: Well-Intentioned Lies

      Chapter 6: What Has Value?

      Chapter 7: Environmentalism

      Chapter 8: The Distinction Between Eating and Killing

      Chapter 9: The Establishment

      Chapter 10: Relationships

      Chapter 11: Happiness

      References

      Chapter 1: Introduction

      What is truth?

      Such a silly question has been considered mysterious by various so-called philosophers for millennia. Of course, the truth is what’s real - objects or entities that are really there. Children, laypeople, and professors alike understand what I mean when I talk about the truth - only a few philosophers have trouble grasping it. The statement it’s raining outside is true (in a certain context) if there are physical drops of water falling from clouds nearby. The fact that I can’t rigorously define truth is a mere limitation of language, not a limitation of our understanding.

      But there is a much more interesting, related question that has arisen out of philosophy: How do we, human beings, know that the way our brains have developed, to tell us facts about the world, coincide with true facts about the world? How do we know that our experiences correspond to things that are really there? Presumably our brains evolved, or at least came about, by some process, resulting in some people in the world today, one of whom is you, the reader. Various inputs enter your brain and

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