On Moral Authorities

[Ignorant]

As I said in my last post, we could disagree as to what constituted help and harm all day long, the nature of those two things. [1]  Irrelevant to me.  If our notions are in agreement, good.  If they aren't, oh well. [2]

They seem...to me, to be fairly self explanatory. [3]

1) Yes, but the point in asking you what they mean is to investigate if you mean the same thing by those words as my own language intends. If you mean "helpful" in bringing about human happiness, then you really fall in the realist/aristotelian category while using your own vocabulary (which is fine). In other words, you may be excluding yourself incorrectly. And, after all, I did admit to painting with a very broad brush.

2) Right, and I am pretty sure we are in agreement, so no need to attempt to distinguish yourself as existing in a third category.

3) HA! I wonder why YOU would find your OWN language SELF-explanatory? =) Talk with enough people and you will find that people often use similar words with subtle, important, and non-obvious nuances.