Philosophy & Real-World Ethics
14 entries in the The Good Place compendium.
Immanuel KantThe strict moral architect whose rules challenge the residents to act with universal good SocratesThe man who asked why, inspiring the neighborhood's greatest ethical crisis.Philippa FootThe philosopher who inspired a generation of virtue ethicists.David HumeThe Scottish skeptic who argued that passions, not reason, govern human behaviour.John Stuart MillThe happiness of the greatest number guides his moral calculus.Derek ParfitThe real-world thinker whose work saved the afterlife system.Jeremy BenthamThe man who turned morality into a sum, and the show that asked whether the total adds up.John RawlsYou can't design a fair afterlife if you already know your score.AristotleThe afterlife's most confident voice for the idea that goodness is a habit, not a rule.Peter SingerThe philosopher whose math of suffering built the Good Place's entire moral scoreboard.Martha NussbaumGoodness isn't a score on a clipboard—it's the whole garden you help a person grow.Thomas NagelIf your good deed was just luck, does the Good Place still owe you a spot?Alasdair MacIntyreThe philosopher who told the Good Place that goodness isn't a score—it's a story you live Bernard WilliamsYou can't score a soul with a spreadsheet and call it a life.
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