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diff --git a/content/blog/xxx_the_good_place.md b/content/blog/xxx_the_good_place.md index bf72582..58346a8 100644 --- a/content/blog/xxx_the_good_place.md +++ b/content/blog/xxx_the_good_place.md @@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ throughout, that are rooted in a very flawed understanding of philosophy and morality. The moral compass of the show is a character called Chidi, a professor -of moral philosophy who died and was sent to the "bad place". +of moral philosophy who died and was sent to the "bad place". He was +deemed a bad person because of his indecisiveness. It is shown that +he tried to be a good person, but got too caught up in the details of +what that means, that he caused great pain to the people around him +(and which got him killed). Throughout the show he quotes Kant a lot, with some other racist white men from history sprinkled in there. His understanding of philosophy @@ -96,4 +100,5 @@ entirely un-examined. Why is there an afterlife, and why do we need one, these are questions the show never asks, or attepmts to answer. Any critism against the system is phrased in a coy way, that will lead -to reform of it, not abolishment. +to reform of it, not abolishment, i.e. changing what the "good place" +and "bad place" means, not their core existence. |