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@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ throughout, that are rooted in a very flawed understanding of |
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philosophy and morality. |
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The moral compass of the show is a character called Chidi, a professor |
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of moral philosophy who died and was sent to the "bad place". |
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of moral philosophy who died and was sent to the "bad place". He was |
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deemed a bad person because of his indecisiveness. It is shown that |
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he tried to be a good person, but got too caught up in the details of |
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what that means, that he caused great pain to the people around him |
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(and which got him killed). |
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Throughout the show he quotes Kant a lot, with some other racist white |
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men from history sprinkled in there. His understanding of philosophy |
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@ -96,4 +100,5 @@ entirely un-examined. Why is there an afterlife, and why do we need |
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one, these are questions the show never asks, or attepmts to answer. |
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Any critism against the system is phrased in a coy way, that will lead |
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to reform of it, not abolishment. |
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to reform of it, not abolishment, i.e. changing what the "good place" |
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and "bad place" means, not their core existence. |
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