RE: Objective morality: how would it affect your judgement/actions?
May 3, 2018 at 11:58 am
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2018 at 12:03 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 3, 2018 at 11:50 am)surreptitious57 Wrote: Also those who think objective morality is true would have to explain why their own morality is not absolute but actually evolves over time as they acquire new knowledge and life experience
An objective morality that -doesn't- incorporate new facts ceases to be an objective morality.
(May 3, 2018 at 11:56 am)Sal Wrote: I still think we can make moral judgements, but that they are done with a caveat of societies ethics and sociability zeitgeist: What is considered moral today might change in a century on the zeitgeist for that century.All the more reason to get ahead of the flock, as it were. To divorce it from the capricious whims of society.
Quote:BTW, as an excerpt, what is an example of "objective morality"? "Slavery is wrong" or "murder is wrong"? Not that I don't agree with these statements, I just think it would be difficult to argue for these statements as objective, they might seem objective, but I think they are moral precepts.Sure, both of those could qualify, though you'll quickly find that not every explanation for why they're wrong qualifies. Depends on the facts, and whether or not they are true. So, ask yourself..-why- is slavery or murder wrong. Is the answer to that question factual? Are those facts somehow subject to your opinion? Could you change them and so change the moral status by simply changing your opinion?
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