(October 10, 2018 at 7:46 am)Khemikal Wrote: I don't think the impasse is on account of us having different ideas on what morality is or what it's for. Chances are we don't...but suppose we did.
So, for example..let's say that I say the purpose of morality is to tell people how to act. You say it's to perpetuate the species. Well, yes and yes is an option. These statements aren't mutually exclusive. What if we had some that were, though? A moral realist isn't committed to one single set of moral statements, insomuch as that all meaningfully objective and accurate moral statements - including competing moral statements..would be regarded as simultaneously true. This is the basis of dilemma in a realist moral system.
Allow me to resolve the dilemma...
There is no such thing as an 'objective moral statement'.
There you go, job done.
No need to thank me.

The PURPOSE of life is to replicate our DNA ................. (from Darwin)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)
The MEANING of life is the experience of living ... (from Frank Herbert)
The VALUE of life is the legacy we leave behind ..... (from observation)