(October 8, 2018 at 3:31 am)Belaqua Wrote: Have you worked on the published arguments for moral realism? Do you have reasons you can type out here as to why you reject them?Lack of evidence. The fact that people claim to have access to moral truths doesnt mean they actually have. But thats not the point. The point is:
My original response was not to you, it was in response to a Christian (RR79) who claims that his morals are objective because they are pronouncements from the subjective view of a higher authority his gods moral. Or do you think he is a fan of Foot? So what does foot have to do with all of this?
(October 8, 2018 at 2:47 am)Belaqua Wrote: Moral realism may be true or it may be false, I'm not sure.Looks like Foots serious arguments are still not good enough for you, are they? You are trying to attack my position by naming an authority that doesnt convince you of said position either ?[/quote]
(October 8, 2018 at 2:47 am)Belaqua Wrote: But it's unfair to say that people who argue in favor of moral realism do so because they dislike the alternative. These are serious people, and we don't have the right to dismiss them based on mind-reading their motives.Bolding mine: Who is mind reading?
(October 8, 2018 at 2:47 am)Belaqua Wrote: Obviously it's not the argument used by Phillipa Foot and others who have serious reasons to support moral realism.Her reasons may suffice for you, but not for me. I may share the same values with Foot, but i dont claim them to be based on objective truths. Oh wait, you dont accept them either.
(October 8, 2018 at 2:47 am)Belaqua Wrote: We want to be sure that we don't reject those serious arguments because we don't want them to be true.Please dont strawman me. You are just projecting on behalf of the persons i originally adressed.
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