RE: My views on objective morality
March 15, 2016 at 3:22 am
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2016 at 3:24 am by robvalue.)
Either things are objective or they're not. If they are just objective from your point of view, then clearly they are subjective.
So it is entirely semantics. Just saying "I always think X is wrong" is not the same as saying "X is always wrong because..." The first is a fixed personal stance, which anyone is perfectly entitled to have. The second is a general statement, which implies it overrides everyone else's stance.
Like Kiek said above, we all agree that 1+ 1 = 2 according to the standard rules of mathematics, because we all agree what those symbols mean. We agree on the rules. There is one single way of performing the action, and one single right answer. This is entirely different to morality, where everyone has their own different way of coming to a conclusion. So to announce that one particular conclusion is "objective" makes no sense. It can only be objective regarding a particular method of assessing morality, and to assert otherwise is to just say your system is the best. What it means for a system to be "the best", and why anyone else should agree with you, is what you need to demonstrate for such claims.
So it is entirely semantics. Just saying "I always think X is wrong" is not the same as saying "X is always wrong because..." The first is a fixed personal stance, which anyone is perfectly entitled to have. The second is a general statement, which implies it overrides everyone else's stance.
Like Kiek said above, we all agree that 1+ 1 = 2 according to the standard rules of mathematics, because we all agree what those symbols mean. We agree on the rules. There is one single way of performing the action, and one single right answer. This is entirely different to morality, where everyone has their own different way of coming to a conclusion. So to announce that one particular conclusion is "objective" makes no sense. It can only be objective regarding a particular method of assessing morality, and to assert otherwise is to just say your system is the best. What it means for a system to be "the best", and why anyone else should agree with you, is what you need to demonstrate for such claims.
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