Want to dive into Scott Alexander's work and his thousands of blog posts? This fan website lets you sort and do semantic search through the whole codex. Enjoy!

See also Top Posts and All Tags.

Tag: intuitive morality

Minutes:
Pick a custom range (minutes). Leave a field empty for no limit.
Blog:
Year:
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Tags:
Filter by tag...
Exclude tag...
5249 tags
Links:
Filter by linked site (twitter, substack…)
1 posts found
Compact Mode
Save Reads
Apr 12, 2013
ssc
Read on
5 min 720 words 14 comments
Scott argues that virtue ethics is not merely intuitive morality and that relying on intuition alone fails to address complex ethical dilemmas. Longer summary
Scott critiques the idea that virtue ethics is simply using intuitive moral sense. He outlines five key claims of virtue ethics, arguing these are not intuitive for most people. He then discusses the limitations of relying solely on intuitive morality, pointing out that moral philosophy is needed precisely for situations where intuition fails or conflicts arise. The post concludes that while intuitive morality is useful for obvious cases, it doesn't solve the complex ethical dilemmas that moral philosophy aims to address. Shorter summary
Per page:
Showing 1 to 1 of 1 results
Get these search results in an EPUB

Your filters match 1 posts.

Posts to include
Leave empty to keep the defaults. Range cannot exceed 500 posts.
Download now

Generates an EPUB right now and downloads it to your device.

Send to email

Generates an EPUB in the background and emails you a temporary download link.

Your email is not shared with anyone.

Email address

To send to your Kindle, just use this link.