RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief
June 26, 2017 at 12:37 am
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2017 at 12:40 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Yeah, me either. You know, while it's all well and good that these arguments can be made...I find that most of my moral response is either not moral reasoning, or moral reasoning happening at a lvl beneath or around or above (just other than) a conscious level. I don;t generally bust out the quick moral objectivists field guide and check the index, right?
My moral heuristics, whatever they are, seem to reliably point me in the direction that a more elaborate justification would take me, for the most part.
The only time I'm even actively aware of any moral dimension to a situation is when some little internal buzzer goes off and says "hey, stand up straight and listen you chimp...this shit is difficult, and important!".
My moral heuristics, whatever they are, seem to reliably point me in the direction that a more elaborate justification would take me, for the most part.
The only time I'm even actively aware of any moral dimension to a situation is when some little internal buzzer goes off and says "hey, stand up straight and listen you chimp...this shit is difficult, and important!".
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