“yeah, I don’t really mind being the evil thing. Seems okay to me.”
Regarding oneself as amoral seems to necessarily involve incoherence AFAICT. Like claiming you don’t have your own oughts or that there is no structure to your oughts. In this case
Like doing a good work of art or playing an instrument. It feels satisfying.
is regarded as a higher good than the judgment of others. Loudly signaling that you don’t care about the judgment of others seems to be a claim about what control surfaces you will and won’t expose to social feedback. Nevertheless, the common sense prior that you shouldn’t expect alliance with people who ‘don’t care about being evil’ to go well seems appropriate.
To put it less abstractly: believe people when they say they are defecting rather than believe it is nested layers of fun and interesting counter signaling.
Regarding oneself as amoral seems to necessarily involve incoherence AFAICT. Like claiming you don’t have your own oughts or that there is no structure to your oughts. In this case
is regarded as a higher good than the judgment of others. Loudly signaling that you don’t care about the judgment of others seems to be a claim about what control surfaces you will and won’t expose to social feedback. Nevertheless, the common sense prior that you shouldn’t expect alliance with people who ‘don’t care about being evil’ to go well seems appropriate.
To put it less abstractly: believe people when they say they are defecting rather than believe it is nested layers of fun and interesting counter signaling.