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General question about the possibility of objective moral truth

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RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth

September 14, 2015 at 10:25 am (This post was last modified: September 14, 2015 at 10:26 am by robvalue.)

Indeed!

As for morality, it's subjective. Morality is about "good" and "bad" actions, and until you define what those words mean, it doesn't mean a thing. You first need to say what the goal of morality is, and then you can compare actions to see which best serves that goal. It so happens that humans' ideas about that goal overlap a lot, which is no coincidence. But take any two people who disagree on the basic goal, and neither can say they are objectively right.

People mistake this overlap of goals due to evolution for magic, or some mystical abstract moral code woven into the universe. It is neither.

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General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Michael Wald - September 12, 2015 at 9:52 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 12, 2015 at 10:00 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by ignoramus - September 12, 2015 at 10:01 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 12, 2015 at 10:02 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Pyrrho - September 12, 2015 at 10:04 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Faith No More - September 12, 2015 at 10:07 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Michael Wald - September 13, 2015 at 1:47 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 13, 2015 at 2:28 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Michael Wald - September 13, 2015 at 8:01 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 13, 2015 at 8:07 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 13, 2015 at 9:46 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 12, 2015 at 10:09 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Natachan - September 12, 2015 at 11:54 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Michael Wald - September 13, 2015 at 3:11 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Natachan - September 13, 2015 at 11:16 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 2:01 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Michael Wald - September 14, 2015 at 7:21 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 9:08 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Grandizer - September 14, 2015 at 9:54 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Faith No More - September 14, 2015 at 10:54 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by paulpablo - September 13, 2015 at 1:00 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 13, 2015 at 11:18 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Whateverist - September 13, 2015 at 1:55 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 13, 2015 at 2:23 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by brewer - September 13, 2015 at 11:59 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Whateverist - September 13, 2015 at 12:04 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 13, 2015 at 5:54 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by abaris - September 13, 2015 at 8:04 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Mudhammam - September 14, 2015 at 8:57 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Neo-Scholastic - September 14, 2015 at 9:42 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Whateverist - September 14, 2015 at 9:49 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 11:32 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by LastPoet - September 14, 2015 at 11:39 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by LastPoet - September 14, 2015 at 9:58 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by mdpar3 - September 14, 2015 at 10:03 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 10:13 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by robvalue - September 14, 2015 at 10:17 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 14, 2015 at 11:45 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 14, 2015 at 5:45 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Simon Moon - September 14, 2015 at 6:03 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by LastPoet - September 14, 2015 at 10:09 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by LastPoet - September 14, 2015 at 10:10 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by LastPoet - September 14, 2015 at 10:21 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by robvalue - September 14, 2015 at 10:25 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Mudhammam - September 14, 2015 at 11:42 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 11:52 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Faith No More - September 14, 2015 at 1:40 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by robvalue - September 14, 2015 at 11:42 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by robvalue - September 14, 2015 at 11:47 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 14, 2015 at 11:50 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Neo-Scholastic - September 14, 2015 at 1:27 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 1:53 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by LastPoet - September 14, 2015 at 1:54 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Neo-Scholastic - September 14, 2015 at 1:57 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 5:55 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Neo-Scholastic - September 14, 2015 at 6:17 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 14, 2015 at 7:20 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Mudhammam - September 14, 2015 at 2:01 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Neo-Scholastic - September 14, 2015 at 6:55 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Chad32 - September 14, 2015 at 2:12 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Simon Moon - September 14, 2015 at 2:45 pm

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by robvalue - September 15, 2015 at 2:05 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by Neo-Scholastic - September 15, 2015 at 9:14 am

RE: General question about the possibility of objective moral truth - by TheRocketSurgeon - September 15, 2015 at 10:28 am

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