The Magnetic Fields - 86 how i failed ethics
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Though Gmajoring in Visual and CEnvironmental DStudies
And Cminoring in History of AmSci D
I Ghad to retake Ethics from my CMennonite Dprofessor
For Cwhom my skeptiDcism didn't Gfly
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Em Am D
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The Gfirst time I made mincemeat of the Cstandard propoDsitions
EsCtablishing a so-called moral Amscience D
And GI declared morality an Coffshoot of Daesthetics
And Cgot a failing DC for my Gdefiance
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Em Am D
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So Gnext semester I back to CDivinity School Dtrotted
ProCverbial tail not between my Amlegs D
And Gspent the whole course positing my Cown ethical Dsystem
While Cother college Dstudents emptied Gkegs
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Em Am D
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GInformation ethics, cyberCethics — both since Dtaken —
Said: CMaximize the information Amflow D
ToGward a hypothetical end Cstate in which the Dcosmos
ConCsists entireDly of our inGfo
And Gat the highest level possiCble, not only Ddata
But Cdata about data dot dot Amdot D
Or Glife on top of life on top of Clife, et ceterDa
CProfundity, my Dmother'd say — I'd Gnot
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My GMennonite professor did conCcede I'd done the Dcoursework
AlCthough my system left him quite disAmmayed D
DeGpending, as it did, on neither Chistory nor DJahweh
And Cgave me, finaDlly, a passing Ggrade