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Is it true that there is no absolute morality?
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality?
(March 6, 2017 at 3:39 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Does it mean something to be a chair?

I only point this sentence out because it indicates a slightly confused position on your part. You are starting to mix the definition of an object with subjective claims of an entity's worth based on how closely it adheres to that definition. This doesn't actually change anything about the rest of my response, but is worth pointing out regardless, because it might clear things up down the road.

(March 6, 2017 at 3:39 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: After all a chair with a broken leg is a much worse chair than one that is not broken. That seems like a pretty objective way to evaluate the 'value' of a chair.

No. Assuming that an entity, regardless of how many legs are broken or not, or how comfortable it is to sit in, meets you definition of "chair", all claims of one chair being "better" than another are subjective. They all require you the same basis for judgment of worth - in this case, whether or not it stands upright.

(March 6, 2017 at 3:39 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: What about living things? Does it mean something to be a cat?

Yes. It means "to be a member of one of the species collectively referred to as 'cats'".

(March 6, 2017 at 3:39 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Is a healthy Burmese tiger a better example of a cat than a one-eyed, three-legged alley cat with the mange?

Depending on your subjective basis for evaluating which cat is "better", perhaps.

(March 6, 2017 at 3:39 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Cats are objects. To evaluate their degree of "catness" seems like a fairly reasonable undertaking. Hmmmm...interesting question, yes?

Not particularly, no.
"Owl," said Rabbit shortly, "you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest - and when I say thinking I mean thinking - you and I must do it."
  - A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
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RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by RozKek - February 19, 2017 at 12:19 pm
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by Astreja - February 19, 2017 at 12:14 am
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by brewer - February 20, 2017 at 10:28 pm
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by SteveII - February 22, 2017 at 11:01 am
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by SteveII - February 27, 2017 at 10:33 am
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by Azu - February 24, 2017 at 1:26 am
RE: Is it true that there is no absolute morality? - by Nonpareil - March 6, 2017 at 8:50 pm

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