RE: What is morality?
September 2, 2017 at 1:10 pm
(This post was last modified: September 2, 2017 at 1:10 pm by Whateverist.)
(September 2, 2017 at 10:24 am)Little Rik Wrote:(September 2, 2017 at 10:12 am)Whateverist Wrote: Welcome back, MM.
I've got to say I don't think any metaphysical claim can be persuasive which is built up from the definition of the words we use, not that I expect you to refrain from trying.
That is rather bizarre What.
Time and time again most atheists say that we should stick to the words as defined in the vocabulary.
Now instead you say the opposite.
How can anybody make an atheist happy then?
Nothing works for you guys unless it goes along with your belief of the day.
Nope. Didn't say the opposite at all. Try rereading what I wrote with comprehension. What I said is that you can not build up an adequate justification for believing a metaphysical claim based on the meaning of words. To do that is to give language even more power than it actually has, and we probably give it too much to begin with.
How does that equate to wanting ignore definitions?
