# kaal:claim:3808867-003

**Claim.** Appeals to individual sacrifice for a common good constitute ethical collectivism, which corrupts society and undermines the reason and rational thought of individuals.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Appeals to a human individualistic sacrifice for a common good is a form of ethical collectivism which corrupts society and undermines reason and rational thoughts of individuals.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI* (2021), I. Technology-Enhanced Individualism, page 4

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How Decentralized Systems Can Upgrade AI (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3808867

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**Failure mode.** Ethical collectivism corrupts reason  (family: other)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** ethical-collectivism, critical-rationalism, individualism, reason

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