Doomsought
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Let us assume that a valid moral system exists.
We define Moral systems are made of rules that can be used to judge what should be.
Because the moral system is made of rules, the moral system is equivalent to set of moral axioms.
According to the Disproof by contradiction, a system that is not consistent is not valid, therefor a valid system is consistent.
According to the Incompleteness Theorem, a set of axioms must be either inconsistent or uncountable.
Therefore a valid moral system must have a cardinality of uncountable.
The state of the current world is flawed and does not satisfy a valid moral system.
We may alter the state of the world. Therefore with knowledge of morality, we may alter the world to being it in line with a valid moral system.
Because of the limits of linear time and causality, we may only alter the world iteratively.
Because the valid moral system is uncountable, we may iteratively implement moral rules onto the world infinitely, and will never completely satisfy the valid moral system with the status of the world.
Conclusions:
What is and what should be will never be the same. We cannot bring about a perfect world. Nor may we justify extreme actions by believing that we will solve all problems in the world with them, because the problems are not only infinite but also uncountable. We can only achieve a finite amount of good with our actions.
We define Moral systems are made of rules that can be used to judge what should be.
Because the moral system is made of rules, the moral system is equivalent to set of moral axioms.
According to the Disproof by contradiction, a system that is not consistent is not valid, therefor a valid system is consistent.
According to the Incompleteness Theorem, a set of axioms must be either inconsistent or uncountable.
Therefore a valid moral system must have a cardinality of uncountable.
The state of the current world is flawed and does not satisfy a valid moral system.
We may alter the state of the world. Therefore with knowledge of morality, we may alter the world to being it in line with a valid moral system.
Because of the limits of linear time and causality, we may only alter the world iteratively.
Because the valid moral system is uncountable, we may iteratively implement moral rules onto the world infinitely, and will never completely satisfy the valid moral system with the status of the world.
Conclusions:
What is and what should be will never be the same. We cannot bring about a perfect world. Nor may we justify extreme actions by believing that we will solve all problems in the world with them, because the problems are not only infinite but also uncountable. We can only achieve a finite amount of good with our actions.