u/Novel-Bend-8373

Stoic ethics are very useful, but ethics are tied to physics.

I can't rationally apply Stoic ethics if the belief in the physics that grounds the ethics isn't there. What I mean by rational, is not doing it simply as a coping mechanism(common critique in my community).

An example:

I don't believe that the pneuma(active principle) and matter(passive principle) are observed to us as the 4 elements(earth, water, fire, and air). Because we have modern science.

But, I believe in compatibilism and a teleology all humans have. Stoic ethics seems to require me to believe I have an intrinsic telos.

It's much easier to apply something I truly believe.

So, what in physics is necessary for me to accept to rationally apply some part of ethics.

The highest possible stat taken from all humans is combined into a single being.

The being is challenged in a 100x100 meter ring made of concrete, he's against 100 silverback peak male gorillas who are fearless and dedicated to killing him as fast as possible.

The being is 5'9 and 80 kilos.

These are the stats being taken:

• Physical strength
• Durability
• Reaction time
• Speed
• Stamina
• Combat intelligence
• General Intelligence

The being has a decade to prepare for this challenge and all humans are aware of it, he gets all the funding and training needed, the being's life goal is to win this challenge.

As a reward for winning, the aliens give humanity the knowledge to make efficient sustainable clean energy as well as advance human technology by a millennia. If we lose, nothing happens.