Listen "The Morality We Can’t Stop Wanting"
Episode Synopsis
The provided text is an excerpt from a philosophical blog post titled "The Morality We Can’t Stop Wanting" published on Philosophics, which explores the universal human need for morality but argues against its objective existence. The author posits that the human moral impulse is merely an evolutionary and social habit ("we’re the kind of animal that survives by narrating rules"), not evidence of a Platonic "Justice." The post critiques philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre’s attempt to resurrect Aristotelian teleology to ground ethics, asserting that this is merely wish-thinking, while endorsing Nietzsche’s honesty about the lack of cosmic foundations for morality. The author further incorporates Deleuze’s concept of the rhizome to suggest that morality is contingent and messy, arguing that life continues despite the non-existence of a solid moral floor.https://philosophics.blog/2025/09/19/the-morality-we-cant-stop-wanting/
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