RE: Subjective Morality?
October 17, 2018 at 7:09 pm
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2018 at 7:14 pm by Belacqua.)
(October 17, 2018 at 6:53 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I just saw this post by outtathereligioncloset on an intro thread. I thought it might apply here.
(October 17, 2018 at 6:25 pm)outtathereligioncloset Wrote:
Unless one can vouchsafe for oneself that what you do is moral, it having been anointed as the objective moral truth really isn't sufficient.
It's a clever slogan. But it's foolish slander.
(October 17, 2018 at 6:51 pm)bennyboy Wrote: Can someone give a super-simple example of objective morality, not buried under semantics or rhetoric?
Ethical axioms are unprovable but self-evident, like those in math. Objective morality is when we apply those axioms in a disinterested and unselfish way.
Axiom: flourishing of living things is good.
Application: chopping the arms off of healthy babies for fun is bad.