RE: Can somebody give me a good argument in favor of objective morality?
March 14, 2018 at 4:53 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2018 at 4:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 14, 2018 at 4:42 pm)Shell B Wrote: I never argued that there's no good or bad within morality. I argued that it's not objective.If some moral opinion even -can- line up with that which is objectively good or bad that -is- objective morality.
Quick edit: I already explained why I think morals are definitively subjective. Even if they line up with that which is objectively good or bad, "morality" itself is still subjective.
Can you understand my confusion?
@The above....I think we could come up with a long list of things that meet the criteria..but I think we could come up with an even longer list of things held to be true by people that don;t. The second set is a meaningfully subjective morality, the first a meaningfully objective morality.
Again, though, there's no requirement of absolutism in objectivity. Something that is objectively bad for me may not be for you, and vv. There may be divergent facts of the matter between us. It;s not objectively bad for me to pick my kids up at school. It would be..though..if you showed up and stole my spawn. Not that you'd want the little fuckers.
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