#morality

Is empathy a less reliable basis for morality than people tend to assume? A thread on empathy, morality, and autistic reasoning ♾️ Empathy works a bit like a spotlight. It illuminates a certain bit of the landscape – the bit that’s in front of us, or that we choose to see – but not all of it. That's a problem if we confuse empathy with morality. (Note: at the end I've explained what I mean by 'empathy') ⬇️ #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #Autism #Empathy #Morality #SocialJustice #CriticalPsychology #AutismResearch

Morality is doing right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right. -- H. L. Mencken ⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Morality #Religion ⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #LakeSantaFe #Florida

it makes me sad that i grew up all my life with the core knowledge that Nazis are bad.... and that seemed to be a universally held - and upheld - truth. But then everyone got addicted to social media platforms and now it's fine if those companies pay Nazis to post rage bait. People will just keep scrolling anyway. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696 #socialmedia #facebook #meta #morality #laziness #memory #nazi #neonazi #corporateMedia #Fascism

Tech Morality is Hard https://forkingmad.blog/tech-morality-is-hard/ #Tech #Morality #Culture

Is it worth getting into the drama? I'd say under the condition that it's useful in raising awareness of the high ppm of carnism in the atmosphere we breathe. "Billie Eilish Goes Full Vegan, Loses 1 Million Followers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMH2YFfBwAs video by Mic the vegan. #vegan #goVegan #BillieEilish #morality #morallySuperior

Google staff urge chief executive to block US military AI use

Over 560 employees sign open letter to Sundar Pichai following the Pentagon’s clash with Anthropic

Well, we'll see how this goes. Didn't pan out too well for the last set of employees.

https://www.ft.com/content/9270ce04-558c-44e8-816f-a40219cd5007?syn-25a6b1a6=1

#google #ai #military #ethics #morality

"Pope Leo suggested on Friday that Christian political leaders who start wars should go to ​confession & assess whether they are following the teachings ‌of Jesus, without naming any specific leaders or conflicts. 'Do those Christians who bear grave responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility & courage ​to make a serious examination of conscience and to ​go to confession?' the pope asked in a speech ⁠to priests." ~ Joshua McElwee #PopeLeo #war #morality /15

"When a feebleminded lunatic runs the world's most well-funded war machine, it's best to worry and risk being accused of overreaction. The problem is that a significant swath of Americans aren't alarmed enough. ... I am speaking of the 'Trump Always Chickens Out' maxim that has taken root since the beginning of Trump's second term." ~ Jason Linkins #Trump #TACO #WallStreet #EconomicElites #morality #InsiderTrading #StockMarket /1

In a survey of 25 countries, the United States was the only county in which more adults describe the morality of their compatriots as bad than good. 53% of respondents said that the morality and ethics of other people in their country is either somewhat or very bad. Since this is a new question for Pew Research, the team says they don't know whether this is a long-held view or something new. A million miles away in sentiment, but just kilometres away geographically, 92% of Canadians think other Canadians are either very good or somewhat good. https://flip.it/bFGW8O #USNews #CanadianNews #Morality #Data

In SERRC Mark West reviews Omri Boehm's book on Radical Universalism, https://social-epistemology.com/2026/02/25/radical-universalism-a-review-mark-d-west/ #universalism #philosophy #nationalism #civilization #humanrights #human #politics #people #morality #ethics #enlightenment #radical #rights #left #review #serrc #identity #rules

I cannot wait for the members and supporters of this corrupt administration to face consequences for their actions in fealty to a convicted criminal president. America deserves factual justice instead of oligarch funded authoritarian fascist autocracy calling itself patriotism. #Truth #Justice #Morality