This isn’t about God, or revealed morality, or some shiny afterlife reward. Just bare ethics. The kind that addresses no one but yourself. The kind that doesn’t need an audience to be valid. The only kind that still deserves the name “ethics.” And like anything honest, this ethics won’t flatter you. If you follow it to its end, if you…
🤏 Summary : In this narrative, I explore the life of Ithys, a character residing in Etheros, a silent kingdom devoid of celebrations or grieving, where the essence of living without causing harm is his existential quest. Though he endeavors to minimize harm, Ithys realizes that his existence unavoidably disrupts the balance of nature. The Elders and Virtuous advocate for…
Humans love to talk about ethics. They like to believe that morality is a rare quality they undoubtedly possess, perhaps more than any other creature. They have even turned the word “human” into a synonym for kindness, mercy and empathy. And it is not merely a cultural reflex or collective flattery – they sincerely believe it. It is therefore legitimate to…
Regret is one of those strange little mental mechanisms that can turn ordinary decisions into dramatic tales, and dubious actions into sophisticated life lessons. There are a thousand ways to feel regret — and very few of them are honest. But if there’s one thing regret excels at, it’s reinventing your past choices until they feel either noble or forgivable.…
🤏 Summary : In Olvera, a society judged by stones representing actions, regret is seen through the choices of three children: Mael, Edris, and Liora. Each places a stone in the Great Council Basin for their reactions to witnessing an old man’s collapse and death in the city square. Years later, the man’s innocence is revealed, prompting the Council to…
There exists a form of ethics that precedes all external morality, all social justification, and all feedback from the world. It speaks only to a bare, isolated, lucid conscience. It does not appeal to society, to gods, or even to universal reason, but to the immediate clarity that a being perceives, in a given moment, within themselves. This clarity is…