Editing Philosophical Research:Schizophrenic point of view (section)

== On morality ==

this is a resource which presents itself in almost strictly descriptive terms

it is strongly recommended that you do not phrase [[:Category:Policy guides|policy guides]] or other such sets of instructions in terms of morality or ethics. in various places across the world, it has increasingly become the case that if any guideline is phrased in terms of morality or ethics a great number of people will simply [[redlink - Vegeta effect|decide not to take it seriously]]. you can read the MDem chapter "The Saiyan Revolution" for more context on this phenomenon [currently unfinished]. because we cannot control people's minds and [[redlink - Shenlong effect|spontaneously use our will to cause them to transform]] into what we think is the correct method of thinking, we must make do with the methods we actually have of getting people to behave. if people claim to believe in morality but in actuality they have no idea what morality is and seem to reject that it is necessary, then phrasing guides in terms of "it's basic decency" or "it's what an empathetic person would do" will have no effect on these people, and we must simply explain the reasons for policies in terms of structures, processes, [[redlink - The State|State]] mechanisms, and consequences. it is unfortunate the world has come to this, but at the scale of individuals or small associations of people, there is not much anyone can do in daily life to change it. a mere localized project of people individually editing dictionary and ontology entries does not [[redlink - Bolshevism is over (ironic)|realistically]] have the power to mandate particular ways for people to think, believe, and interpret the world, so in consequence it must be that the policies of this project merely function as a form of outer structure that holds the project together and keeps it standing. the action of following project policies is merely [[redlink - perform / performativity|something editors perform]]; it should not be presented as something editors believe in their hearts. we can never necessarily know what is in editors' hearts, but we can know that any particular combination of pieces can be described by an ontology of how it operates, to be followed as a set of instructions in order to assemble that particular puzzle. follow the rules if you want to see the furniture kit put together, and when getting others to follow the rules, remember that you are not reading people a set of [[redlink - commandment (all of them)|holy tablets]], but merely describing the instructions to the furniture kit.


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