(January 11, 2016 at 5:36 pm)orangebox21 Wrote: The problem with morality by autonomy is that it is inconsistent. Moral autonomy states that what I decide is moral is moral and what you decide is moral is moral. When we agree on defining a specific act as immoral, then that morality is universal (at least between the two of us). When we disagree on a specific act as immoral, then autonomy is the standard that judges what is moral. The standard of autonomy is whatever the individual has determined is moral and since the determination is different in this instance, morality is not universal. Therefore, if the moral autonomist is consistent, he/she could only say, I would never do that [specific act] because it is immoral for me, but if you have decided that it is moral to do that [specific act] then do it, and good for you to act morally.Uh, no, it doesn't have to be that way. If someone adopts a moral standard that strongly clashes with my own, I don't need to all of a sudden agree that his standard is good or even better than mine. Otherwise, I'd adopt his standard instead.
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