RE: Can somebody give me a good argument in favor of objective morality?
March 14, 2018 at 5:06 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2018 at 5:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 14, 2018 at 4:58 pm)Shell B Wrote: Like I said, if we're going to define it that simply, then yes, there is objective morality, though I'd definitely argue you couldn't think of a long list of things that fit the bill.Conveniently, it is defined that simply. I think alot of people expect more? Or expect things that aren't really a part of objective morality as those majority of academics sign off on it.
Quote:Murder, nope.Nope as in..nope murder wouldn't fit the criteria.....?
Quote:Rape, maybe, but even that's not all bad for everyone involved, as sick as that sounds. That makes it subjective.That's not what would make something meaningfully subjective, and it only has to be "bad" for one of the people involved.
Quote:Hey, maybe tossing out radioactive waste with the bath water? That really can't help anyone or anything.Of the three...you think this one might fit...but not the other two....?
I ask, btw, because I'm going to focus on whichever one of the three you think the -strongest- objective case can be made for..and see whether or why whatever process you used to determine that fits the criteria but -can't- be applied to the other two.
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