RE: Subjective Morality?
October 18, 2018 at 7:18 pm
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2018 at 7:24 pm by Dr H.)
(October 17, 2018 at 6:40 pm)wyzas Wrote: I keep hearing are that morals are conditional ( even if called objective). Sorry, having conditions attached makes them subjective.
I believe morals are subjective, but I disagree with that statement.
'Conditional' is not the same as 'subjective'.
The answer to:
1 + 1 =
is conditional, depending on the base number system in which it's contextualized. In base 10, the answer is "2"; in binary the answer is "10". Neither answer is subjective.
What might be considered subjective is whether the answers are considered identical, given that the are equivalent in value, but different in notation.
(October 17, 2018 at 7:09 pm)Belaqua Wrote: 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.
How is that self-evident?
The flourishing of, say, Rickettsia prowazekii or Vibrio cholerae anywhere in my vicinity is decidedly NOT good by my standards.
YMMV.
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Dr H
"So, I became an anarchist, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."