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Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality?

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Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality?
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RE: Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality?
May 8, 2016 at 9:02 pm
(May 8, 2016 at 8:48 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: @ Rob

I agree the idea of moral ontology is an abstract concept, but what about moral epistemology?

I think "objective" as in "absolute" does absolutely NOT 'exist' for morality. But what about "objective" as in "free from bias"? I wouldn't call that "existent" but I don't see why it's something that I would call untrue: Can't we make an unbiased study about what does and does not harm people under the label of "morality" just as we can make an unbiased study about what is or isn't bad for us under the label of "health"?

-Hammy

But, if we are "humans" conducting a test for an objective morality, by measuring what is best for "humans", don't we start with a bias?
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Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality?

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RE: Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality? - by Mr.wizard - May 8, 2016 at 9:02 pm
RE: Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality? - by deleteduser12345 - May 11, 2016 at 9:44 am
RE: Not A Poll: Does Motivation Affect Morality? - by deleteduser12345 - May 11, 2016 at 2:01 pm

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