RE: Does anyone own "The Moral Landscape"?
September 28, 2018 at 11:37 am
(This post was last modified: September 28, 2018 at 11:41 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 28, 2018 at 11:08 am)Mathilda Wrote: That's my point though. If we only go by science, letting it make the decisions for us, then we won't end up with good decisions because science is objective, not subjective. We need to make the decisions and then use the science to give us the options.I'm having difficulty parsing why objectivity is a flaw of science when it comes to moral decision-making. That's precisely -why- Harris (and others) would like to tear down the conceptual wall between facts and morality. It's contended that moral relativism and moral subjectivity are very poor ways to arrange normative ethics.
If we're looking for realist or objective normative ethics, we might want to use our most productive objective tool.
You're strongly agreeing with what Harris is proposing, going so far as to say that we -need- to do it. That science gives us the options towards some goal, and we choose the best among them. Even I don't take it that far, lol. I think it might be a good idea..but I don't know that we need a giant scientific study to tell us not to go all rapey mcrapeface. I consider it a self evident truth....and no amount of scientific studies lining out the benefits of rape (and there are benefits) will change my mind.

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