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If the statement “I can’t tell whether I’m a morally better or worse person than x in this situation” does not have a non-null solution set X, you’re not actually capable of meaningful moral doubt even if you experience some uncertainty over some difficult decisions. That makes you pre-moral. “Not even evil” by analogy to “not even wrong” and not really worth engaging for me. Moral self-certainty is indistinguishable from moral vacuity, even if you experience “internal doubt.”

Morality begins not with doubt itself (which is cheap), but with the first non-trivial occasion where you must consider assigning the benefit of moral doubt to someone other than yourself.

Apr 9
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