RE: Morality versus afterlife
March 8, 2016 at 5:54 am
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2016 at 5:57 am by robvalue.)
Well, you're misrepresenting me entirely.
I do think there is something very wrong with a man beating his wife. But I own that as my judgement. It's not objectively wrong because that is incoherent, as I've explained at length.
"Not objectively wrong" does not mean "Right", or even "OK". It's a language problem. You're mixing terms that don't go together. I object to the formulation.
Your analogy is flawed about the colour, because you're talking of opinions about a fact. The colour is a fact. What would be more apt is how people feel about the colour. Does it make them happy, or sad? Is it out of place, or fitting? There are no facts here, these are judgements.
"Most people seem to behave..." is an incredibly long way from "objective".
I don't think this going anywhere further so I'll sign off.
I do think there is something very wrong with a man beating his wife. But I own that as my judgement. It's not objectively wrong because that is incoherent, as I've explained at length.
"Not objectively wrong" does not mean "Right", or even "OK". It's a language problem. You're mixing terms that don't go together. I object to the formulation.
Your analogy is flawed about the colour, because you're talking of opinions about a fact. The colour is a fact. What would be more apt is how people feel about the colour. Does it make them happy, or sad? Is it out of place, or fitting? There are no facts here, these are judgements.
"Most people seem to behave..." is an incredibly long way from "objective".
I don't think this going anywhere further so I'll sign off.
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