RE: My views on objective morality
March 16, 2016 at 10:25 am
(This post was last modified: March 16, 2016 at 10:27 am by robvalue.)
People mostly agree about some general, very vague principles of morality.
Not everyone. So not everyone has agreed on how we determine morality, even at a fundamental level.
And even amongst those who agree on the principles, their idea of how those apply to situations vary wildly. There is no one standard everyone can use in order to all get the same answer, unless you arbitrarily pick one person's standard.
We could pick a standard, like we do with objective measurements. But what would be the point? What is the use?
Everyone thinks they are right, for their own reasons.
Noticing vague evolutionary traits is not "objective morality".
Not everyone. So not everyone has agreed on how we determine morality, even at a fundamental level.
And even amongst those who agree on the principles, their idea of how those apply to situations vary wildly. There is no one standard everyone can use in order to all get the same answer, unless you arbitrarily pick one person's standard.
We could pick a standard, like we do with objective measurements. But what would be the point? What is the use?
Everyone thinks they are right, for their own reasons.
Noticing vague evolutionary traits is not "objective morality".
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