Assumption Elimination
Updated: Friday, February 17th, 2023, at 5:15 PM New Plymouth, NZ Time
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Author: Dr. Mattanaw, Christopher Matthew Cavanaugh, Retired
Interdisciplinarian with Immeasurable Intelligence. Lifetime Member of the High Intelligence Community.6
- Masters Business & Economics, Harvard University (In Progress)
- Attorney, Pro Se, Litigation, Trial, Depositions, Contracts (E.g. State of Alaska v. Pugh, et. al.)4
- B.S Psychology, University of Maryland, 4.0, Summa Cum Laude1
- B.S Computer & Information Science, University of Maryland, 3.91, Magna Cum Laude2
- B.A. Philosophy, University of Maryland.3
- G.E.D, State of Maryland, Montgomery County, 1999.
Former Chief Architect, Adobe Systems
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- Updated: Friday, February 17th, 2023, at 5:15 PM New Plymouth, NZ Time
- Created Draft: Tuesday, September 20th, 2022, at 3:06 PM Arizona Time
Introduction
A very long list of assumptions have to be eliminated in order to think clearly and arrive at a better system of morality which must have a solid foundation. One would not wish to have one’s life guided by assumptions that were incorrect or plainly false, or superstitious, particularly if those assumptions are utilized again and again. To utilize fictions, false ideas, culturally inherited stupidities, and various other assumptions as part of one’s morality is something this author wishes to avoid as completely as possible.
Here is a growing collection of assumptions which must be eliminated in order to have a life that is more connected and based on truth and not falsity.
Assumption Elimination
The following are assumptions which must be eliminated:
Species Continuation
- That extinction harms animals that have died, in that there being no additional members of the species living, they have been harmed additionally.
- That human extinction would harm humans additionally, in that there bing no additional members of the species living, they have been collectively and individually harmed additionally.
- That continuation of the human species is an obligation.
- That newborn babies have an obligation to create new copies of themselves, by having more children.
Social Comparison
- That inequality in precise measures between people, and naming as “human”, could result in actual total equality between any two people, taken at random.
- That “equality” in social marketing and propaganda is not ambiguous or vague.
- That diversity is not due to pervasive inequality.
Cultural Comparison
- That languages are equivalent on any of the various measures of language.
- That cultures are equivalent on any of the various measures of culture.
- That people really want each culture to develop on an equal trajectory, without favoring one or the other.
I am a semi-retired social architect and consultant, with professional/academic experience in the fields of computer science, psychology, philosophy, and more recently, economics.
Articles on this site are eclectic, and draw from content prepared between 1980 and 2022. Topics include ethics, art, fitness, finances, health, psychology, and vegetarianism. The common theme connecting all articles is moral philosophy, even if that is not immediately apparent. Any of my articles that touch on "the good and virtuous life" will be published here. These articles interrelate with my upcoming theory of ethics, two decades in preparation.
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