RE: Metaethical subjective relativism
July 27, 2015 at 4:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2015 at 4:27 pm by The Barefoot Bum.)
(July 27, 2015 at 3:17 pm)TRJF Wrote: I've always wondered if one could statistically assess good/bad/moral/immoral in terms of 1) neuronormativity and 2) the action/hormone/enzyme output of these brains. Step-by-step, I mean: 1) statistically determine the average brain, 2) quantify the action of things like serotonin, dopamine and oxytocin in response to various actions. Now, of course, this framework would be in terms of, say, "dopaminergic morality," but, you know. Just spit-ballin' here.
It is worth noting that the best one could do from such an analysis would be to get an physical correlate to subjective feelings; one could not get a finding of good/bad unrelated to states of minds/brains. We could find what it means neurochemically for a person or collection of people to disapprove of something, but not whether they should disapprove of it.
