RE: Does anyone own "The Moral Landscape"?
October 12, 2018 at 4:42 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2018 at 4:44 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 12, 2018 at 4:31 am)DLJ Wrote: Truth is relational and so are right and wrong.If I told you that because there was built in bias, science has no objectivity...what would you think?
Truth is relational to an epistemology. (The sense of) right and wrong are relational to a baseline/threshold.
So, yes, you can. But bias is built in to this so ... no objectivity.
Quote:I would never use faith to argue anything. Faith is one of the four major epistemological failures (FART).It's a term meant to ask whether or not you actually believe what you're saying..or are just saying it to be a contrarian. Any conversation can be stalled forever on account of pointless contrarianism.
-I think the sky is blue, do you?
What do you mean by sky and blue?
-Points up
Yeah, but what is up, really, and couldn't that actually be down from a diff pov?
-Points up
Are you sure you're not a mind in a vat and there is no sky?
-Points up
Is blue really real?
-Points up.
etc.
The answer, in good faith...is yes, you think that the sky is blue. Well, similarly, if you contend that there is no moral objectivity..are you arguing that in good faith. Do you actually believe that assaulting a child, for example..isn't really right or wrong?
Quote:Wrong for the child or wrong for the priest?What is a priest, what do you mean by "for", are children even real?
You fuckin with me right now bro?
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