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Nobody Likes A Tattletale
Scott Alexander explores the ethics of tattling and promise-keeping, arguing for the importance of trustworthy promises even when they conflict with moral imperatives.
13 min read 1,899 words
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virtue ethics
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Essays on virtue ethics
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Search Terms That Have Led People To This Blog
Scott Alexander humorously responds to bizarre search terms that have led people to his blog, covering a wide range of topics with wit and sarcasm.
5 min read 755 words
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Last Thoughts On Virtue Ethics
Scott argues that virtue ethics is not merely intuitive morality and that relying on intuition alone fails to address complex ethical dilemmas.
5 min read 720 words
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Virtue Ethics: Not Practically Useful, Either
Scott Alexander argues that virtue ethics is neither how people naturally think about morality nor an effective way to make people more moral, proposing alternative methods and using a grammar analogy to illustrate his point.
11 min read 1,674 words
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Book Review: After Virtue
Scott Alexander critiques Alasdair MacIntyre's 'After Virtue', finding fault with its arguments for virtue ethics and its historical claims about morality in ancient societies.
15 min read 2,290 words