(May 24, 2018 at 7:42 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 24, 2018 at 6:30 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: If you think I haven't stretched myself on that rack, you are sorely mistaken. Since you mentioned moral Platonism, I will say that Plato has been a huge influence upon my ethics, second only perhaps to Spinoza.
Your "infinite regression" is nothing new. Plato covers it in Book II of the Republic. A well-ordered soul demands cohesion with the truth. The truth is that there is an objectively discernible good.
The issue with your moral quandary is that you assume there is no underlying truth... that there is no answer to the question "Why is that wrong?"--there is an answer.
My last sentence was a bit inaccurate. You think there IS an answer.
Why is that wrong?
-because God.
To me, that answer is incoherent. It dodges the question and confuses the issue and in no way represents moral objectivity.
I'd be curious to hear about this, if you dont mind me asking.
Playing devil's advocate here, why is murder objectively wrong?
Are you saying the Devil is a close associate of yours?
I'm shocked.
Shocked and stunned.
And not a little amazed.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"