Albert Catmieu

**Albert Catmieu** is a character role-played by drvonkitty.

## Description

Erratic, eclectic, and effervescent, Professor Albert Catmieu seeks to better his understanding of reality and the moral fabric of the society in which he exists. In the process however, he encounters a great many moral quandaries that his sensibilities simply do not allow him to disregard. He feels the need—no, responsibility—to painstakingly address them all unto their very philosophical end.

**EDIT:** Greetings internet denizens, although I suppose I should not have potentially offended you or you all by assuming that you are one(s) to associate yourself/yourselves with that of the electronic realm persisting perpetually in this online space, much like myself. Yes, indeed, for I have many hesitations as it pertains to even creating the account requisite to utilize this online resource, however as I have discovered this page, it became a far greater personal moral imperative for me to "fact-check" this article, as it were, and ensure only veracious information is being harbored here, specifically considering it exists for the express purposes of dissemination within and throughout the public realm. That does, however, bring into question many moral quandaries as to the ethics of information regarding myself being associated with such a space in any real capacity in the first place. I mean, if we think about it, it's very likely that fossil fuels that detrimentally contribute to the air quality and climate destruction of our home planet are being utilized in order to perpetually process the information entered and subsequently hosted on this website's electronic infrastructure. Furthermore, we must scrutinize the entirety of the supply chain through which the server architecture was itself wrought. Was there any potential child labor involved? Was anyone's land appropriated against their will for explicit industrial inclinations? How many kilotons of carbon dioxide were produced as a result of manufacturing and transport? Are the end results, while surely convenient, truly worth it? I cannot say. Still, ignoring all of these pertinent facets of society and the reality thereof, the eponymous nature of this page itself calls into question many moral dilemmas as to whether it is ethically acceptable for me to edit it myself, even if solely in pursuit of the ostensible reasoning of correcting misinformation. One might raise the concern that there exists an inherent conflict of interest to the action, and that I should simply beseech another to pursue the goal on my behalf, ensuring that the information I posit is first filtered through an unbiased third-party individual's cultural lens of morality, mitigating the potential for inaccurate self-aggrandization. Lacking such a resource, I shall endeavor to fulfill the stated goal myself, however I do have many qualms in doing so. I am unsure of the ethical implications of resolving my own personal conflict of interest, as my definition of resolution may (and likely would) vary from that of an objective bystander; however that in and of itself also raises many questions as to the socially accepted definition of "objective." Does what I connotatively associate with the denotative meaning of objective thereby annul said definition? Have I committed a grave ethical wrong even by simply attempting to broach the topic given the contextual reality of where I am currently prosing the conscious emanations of my neural oscillations? I am unsure. In an effort to limit any further consumption of precious nonrenewable resources by my hand, I shall endeavor to "wrap things up," to employ a socially commonplace expression. Yes, so as for the primary—and actually only—reason for my presence here: I am not actually a professor yet. That is all.

## Background

Catmieu graduated from Kat University in Braintree, Massachusetts with a PhD in Moral Philosophy in 2023. He immediately moved to Los Santos, seeking to get in touch with the cultural epicenter of morality with the express purpose of studying the ethics portrayed there. By doing so, and by concurrently mitigating his inexorable cultural lens in order to objectively and carefully consider the ethical implications, he intends to subsequently internalize the results to better edify himself and his understanding of morality itself.

## Notes

* Catmieu received his PhD by virtue of "unorthodox dedication" and "relentless behavior" rather than via more traditional intellectual merits.
* Catmieu wears an "ethical crystal" around his neck, which he charges with "ethical energies" by performing "ethical actions."
* Catmieu is very unsure.