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Empirical Morality?
a proposition for a moral axiom

Empirical Morality?

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Posted 08/19/08 - 04:28 PM: Subject: Empirical Morality?	#1
[I am one to regard morality as a convention, simply because moral code must have some purpose. It was naturally selected in our genes and memes to help us co-survive, and its evolving all the time. The question of moral axioms should in my view be handeled in the same way as a scientific hypothesis, but the implications of the axiom on the world and users should be compared to the intuitive moral compass. It is a question of how we want the world to be... In this regard I propose a moral axiom which is designed to conserve not only the species, but the ecosystem, all groups and cultures, all knowledge and sentient races. I argue that the moral laws we often implement in our judicial system are approaching this axiom. I would also argue that this moral axiom should fit in well with the aims of science, while additionally considering the survival of the species...] information conservation based moral theory IF 1 We take as an axiom and aim that Morality is that which conserves and refines first and foremost universal statements and secondly singular statements. Then 1A Conscious beings which are capable of the process of producing, analysing and testing universal statements (any method of their choosing) are nescessary for the existance and conformity to reality (assuming that in turn constains no contradictions). 1A.1 For this reason, conscious beings of any kind take priority, and must take all effort to co-survive within and between their groups, since not to do so will increase the chances of destruction of the whole or its components, all of which are most essential to the process. 1A1 From this follows that moral beings and ideas as opposed to immoral beings and ideas, after fair trial, get priority. 1A1A Thus follows the moral justification for forcing means to improve the morality of the immoral and optimise his contribution to society, as well as protecting the moral. These days this often takes the form of incarseration , social work, physicological treatment and education. 1B Physical and psychological state of these entities should be in optimal conditions for the process. Health and happiness are moral. 1C Conscious beings should attempt to preserve as much of their enviroments' valuable singular statements for their possible use in producing universal statements. 1C1 good knowledge and optimization of the sociological and ecological enviroment of these beings is nescessary for moral behaviour, since the latter is required for the former, and the former is required for 1A Can anyone falsify this axiom by contradiction?

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Posted 08/20/08 - 11:48 AM:	#2
Should we preserve singular statements that are false in order to formulate an incorrect generalization to wrong universal statements?
"If it were not for the laughter, the Way would not be what it is." -- Laozi

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Posted 08/21/08 - 06:11 AM:	#3
thats why I put the preservation and perfection of universal statements above that of singular statements.

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