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6/25/2025, 4:00:19 PM
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Anakin, I find your assertion that the Jedi order are ontologically evil to be beneath you. You well know the axioms of the Jedi Order are to help others and serve the will of the Force, which I would argue places the order in excellent standing from a deontological perspective. As assuming one takes as their own personal axioms that minimizing harm to sentient life throughout the galaxy is a moral good, then it is obvious the Jedi order is itself good.
Similarly, if we examine the Jedi order through the lens of virtue ethics, again we are forced to come away with a positive impression. The Jedi, after all, are notorious for acting selflessly, promoting the well-being of others, even at the expense of their own. What could be more virtuous?
Considering this, unless promoting the suffering of sentient beings is one of your axioms, or else you think of killing Jedi as an innate good, which as an aside would make for an irrational worldview leading to a sad, pathetic life where you hunt Jedi and do little else, then I must assume your objection to the Jedi philosophy comes on utilitarian grounds.
Therefore, Anakin, I will analyze the Jedi order utilizing utilitarian ethics and then compare it to the Sith code to see whether your assertion the Jedi are evil is validated. The only possible epistemic justifications one could make to support the aforementioned argument are that the Jedi order are corrupt to the extent that they are causing the suffering of millions or more sentient beings or otherwise misunderstanding the will of the Force to such a degree that it is causing suffering on such a scale. Further, one could argue that the will of the Force is itself evil and needs to therefore be opposed. Hence, why the Sith choose to bend it to their will.
Anakin, I find your assertion that the Jedi order are ontologically evil to be beneath you. You well know the axioms of the Jedi Order are to help others and serve the will of the Force, which I would argue places the order in excellent standing from a deontological perspective. As assuming one takes as their own personal axioms that minimizing harm to sentient life throughout the galaxy is a moral good, then it is obvious the Jedi order is itself good.
Similarly, if we examine the Jedi order through the lens of virtue ethics, again we are forced to come away with a positive impression. The Jedi, after all, are notorious for acting selflessly, promoting the well-being of others, even at the expense of their own. What could be more virtuous?
Considering this, unless promoting the suffering of sentient beings is one of your axioms, or else you think of killing Jedi as an innate good, which as an aside would make for an irrational worldview leading to a sad, pathetic life where you hunt Jedi and do little else, then I must assume your objection to the Jedi philosophy comes on utilitarian grounds.
Therefore, Anakin, I will analyze the Jedi order utilizing utilitarian ethics and then compare it to the Sith code to see whether your assertion the Jedi are evil is validated. The only possible epistemic justifications one could make to support the aforementioned argument are that the Jedi order are corrupt to the extent that they are causing the suffering of millions or more sentient beings or otherwise misunderstanding the will of the Force to such a degree that it is causing suffering on such a scale. Further, one could argue that the will of the Force is itself evil and needs to therefore be opposed. Hence, why the Sith choose to bend it to their will.
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