Ilia Vinokurov

"Post-Morality" is a logico-ethical treatise inspired by the structure of Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" and the ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche. The work consists of eight main theses, each branching into a tree of sub-theses (in Wittgenstein's style), with some sub-theses accompanied by commentaries in a freer, more figurative style (in Nietzsche's spirit). At the core of the work are three fundamental theses: "The ethical is a particular case of the aesthetic": moral judgments, despite their claim to objectivity, are divisions into the close and the repulsive — that is, subjective preferences disguised as universal laws. "There are no proofs, only convictions": no proof can place a metaphysical seal of eternal truth. Any proof is a measure of conviction, and its strength is determined not by ontological status but by its ability to persuade; empirical facts remain the most convincing foundation. "Being is all that is holistic": being (the world and the Ego) needs no justification; it exists as a primary holistic fact. Justification does not add reality to what already is. The work culminates in the introduction of the concepts of "post-morality" (an openly subjective system of values that does not claim objectivity) and "existential instrumentalism" (the transformation of any facts and phenomena into instruments for achieving conscious goals). The treatise offers a radical revaluation of morality through the redefinition of key concepts and argues that the rejection of morality is possible only through the creation of a new, more honest system of evaluation.

In The Master and Ethics, I critique traditional morality through three figures: the Slave (bearer of "common morality"), the Rebel (their radical denier), and the Master (bearer of "existential instrumentalism"). The Master's core principle is "matching the goal" — evaluating actions and values not through abstract categories of good and evil, but by how well they serve the consciously chosen goals of the individual. I argue that morality as a system of prohibitions should be replaced by a post-moral stance based on subjective yet consistent instrumental assessment.