(March 8, 2017 at 10:18 pm)bennyboy Wrote: You say, for example, that a sentient agent is not required for an "opinion."
No, I don't. I say that your ramblings about agency are irrelevant, since they don't change the fact that you are using the words "subjective" and "objective" incorrectly.
(March 8, 2017 at 8:19 pm)bennyboy Wrote: You've said a subjective truth is "not true from every point of view." Why don't you give an example of a truth which is dependent on perspective?
We have been over this. Opinions.
(March 8, 2017 at 8:19 pm)bennyboy Wrote: You've defined "objective" as "true from every point of view." Why don't you give an example of an objective truth
We have been over this. Facts.
(March 8, 2017 at 8:19 pm)bennyboy Wrote: You can say as much as you want that I'm using terms incorrectly, but you haven't established that your definitions
They are not "my definitions". They are the definitions.
(March 8, 2017 at 8:19 pm)bennyboy Wrote: are robust enough, or coherent enough, to provide any utility in actually talking about morality-- either moral ideas, or the capacity of some species to act based on moral ideas.
You have yet to make any coherent statement as to why they aren't. You just ask a lot of incoherent questions, based on your misunderstanding of the terms and inability to keep them separate from unrelated concepts in your head.
(March 8, 2017 at 8:19 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'd like you to get out of the online dictionary and actually immerse yourself into the real-world implications of morality in human beings.
I understand the implications.
You're still using the words incorrectly.
"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
- A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner