On Moral Authorities

[robvalue]

The idea of being amoral is tricky. Strictly speaking, I'd say it's someone to whom morality is entirely irrelevant. A psychopath, for example. They aren't choosing to be "good" or "bad", and they don't have any internal instincts on the matter, because such terms mean literally nothing to them. We can judge them, of course, but our judgements are misplaced.

Ironically, following any form of supposed "objective morality" also makes you amoral in a sense. You've abandoned all judgement of your own and have become an automaton. That is what makes the idea so dangerous.