Not everyone who speaks about morality automatically sinks down into nonsense and intuition, into the depths of accusations and praise for particular persons, however strange the language they use. Sometimes, speaking about morality means speaking about rationality, surviving and thriving, etc. It may be a mistake to think that Asimov was entirely ignorant of the philosophies this website promotes, given his work in science and the quotes one finds from his interviews, letters, and stories.
Not everyone who speaks about morality automatically sinks down into nonsense and intuition, into the depths of accusations and praise for particular persons, however strange the language they use.
I never said anything otherwise. My point was that Asimov was trying to make a distinction between “morality” and “doing what’s right”. The implication being that thinking in terms of the latter will produce better behavior than thinking in terms of the former. My point is that this is not at all the case.
Not everyone who speaks about morality automatically sinks down into nonsense and intuition, into the depths of accusations and praise for particular persons, however strange the language they use. Sometimes, speaking about morality means speaking about rationality, surviving and thriving, etc. It may be a mistake to think that Asimov was entirely ignorant of the philosophies this website promotes, given his work in science and the quotes one finds from his interviews, letters, and stories.
I never said anything otherwise. My point was that Asimov was trying to make a distinction between “morality” and “doing what’s right”. The implication being that thinking in terms of the latter will produce better behavior than thinking in terms of the former. My point is that this is not at all the case.