RE: Does anyone own "The Moral Landscape"?
October 18, 2018 at 7:26 am
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2018 at 7:30 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 18, 2018 at 7:12 am)DLJ Wrote:Is there supposed to be a problem? Ethics is deontology constructed of moral principles.(October 18, 2018 at 7:02 am)Khemikal Wrote: Reading three is the only reading relevant to what is actually meant by the term "moral subjectivity", lol.
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I see what you did there.
But I don't think you see what you did there.
Bolding, mine, to make it more obvious.
(October 18, 2018 at 7:19 am)robvalue Wrote: Just throwing out a couple of examples of how consequentialism falls down quickly if overly relied on
I agree, consequentialist metrics are not a full moral theory. They are, however, amenable to scientific investigation..as are others - and this is what makes them useful to a person who advocates for science having a bigger part to play in the construction of our moral theories or ethical obligations.
Harris and his pregnant initial premises, right?
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