@DamienMarieAtHope Thank you for introducing me to the term #axiology. Now I have a word for something that has been deeply important to me for most of my life!

As a kid, I was frequently praised for being #gifted. As I got older, I was frequently scolded for various supposed moral failings which, in retrospect, were actually just manifestations of #autism. I'm #TwiceGifted, but only learned this in my mid 20s, after first being made to feel I was special for my IQ, and then being made to feel I was garbage for my personality.

Now I understand that abilities and disabilities have no bearing on a person's value. We all have intrinsic value because we are human beings. So I am finally allowed to rest and just be myself.

And now I have a missing word I needed to describe my thinking on the matter.

I have been informed to liberally #tag everything. So … again, looking for #philosophy and #Axiology related stuff. #systemsthinking as applied to same.

Everytime I talk to a utilitarianism I think about Thi Nguyen's "value capture". How is it that one simply decides that things which they had valued when they were younger don't have intrinsic value? I don't mean just logically, but existentially, how does one just decide to abandon a moral value they previously had and choose to bite many "bullets" which used to be repugnant to them?

https://youtu.be/j5FA7vK3TLs

#utilitarianism #ValueCapture #Ethics #Axiology

#Introduction

Behavioral Scientist interested in #psychology & #philosophy

My fundamental question is this; How can we competently navigate ourselves towards the good given how humans are, what the world is, and the particular context in which we find ourselves?

This question has led me to discover so many interesting fields I am now trying to master #Rationality #Motivation #BehavioralScience #Axiology #CogPsy #Complexity #EffectiveAltruism #PhilofScience #PhilofMind