The Optimistic Opportunist

The Optimistic Opportunist

About one and a half years ago, I wrote an essay on morality with the telling title On Cynicism and Meta-Ethics. People who have read my thoughts back then will be aware that I was not in a particular well-adjusted state of mind. But this very state was also necessary to bring me to the [...]

On Cynicism and Meta-Ethics

On Cynicism and Meta-Ethics

There was a time when I genuinely admired human beings. Their ingenuity. Their spirit to overcome challenges. Their focus on improving their own and other creatures’ lives. Was. Past tense. Recent years and especially the last one taught me differently. I am writing these lines in March 2021. We are over a year deep into [...]

Drowning Children, Prisoners and Ethical Monkeys

Drowning Children, Prisoners and Ethical Monkeys

Did you ever ask yourself, how your own moral senses developed and provided you with the ability to distinguish between good and evil? The underlying question is as old as humanity itself. How to live a moral life? In this upcoming series I will provide some insights and possible inspirations which might lead to a [...]