wallym Wrote:Simon Moon Wrote:All you have to do is ask the sentient beings on the negative side of an immoral action how they feel about it.
Murder is wrong, because it harms the well being of sentient beings. Would you rather be murdered, or continue living? If you answer like the vast majority of people would, then you have your answer.
All you have to do to determine that slavery is wrong, is ask he slaves how they feel about it. Would you rather be enslaved, or continue to be free?
The basis of your reasoning, if I'm not mistaken, is that because I'm sentient, that makes me objectively obligated (via science, not just something you made up) to care about the preferences of every other sentient being on the planet? That doesn't strike you as incredibly flimsy and super duper scientifically not a thing?
Interesting you went with sentience instead of species. Got to get the moo cows under the umbrella, I guess?
I think the phrase 'objectively valuable' is meaningless. Something can only have value to something capable of valuing it. But you can determine objectively what things beings capable of valuing something value.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.